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A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
US Supreme Court Wrestles With Louisiana Electoral Map With More Black-Majority Districts By John ... that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state and prompted a ...
Which parts of Louisiana be underwater in 25 years? This map gives a sobering look at what rising seas could mean for our coast.
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana's recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. Plaintiffs claimed that the map violates Section 2 ...
The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census ... Garret Graves chose not to seek reelection under the new map. Louisiana argues that dueling lawsuits over redistricting make it almost ...
WASHINGTON − Louisiana last year sent two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in almost three decades under a congressional map being challenged as unfair to the state’s non ...
The Supreme Court questioned Monday whether Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district went too far and amounts to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The ...
The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts ... Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which instructs states to avoid any ...
States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.