Much of the rest of what became the United States, including Louisiana, was controlled by ... Michaux to be his royal botanist, with a blank check to travel the world. He had survived being ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the ...

The case before the Supreme Court involves a state voting law that pits minority voter protections against the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The U.S. Supreme Court took up the legality of Louisiana’s new congressional map on Monday (March 24), and whatever the high court decides will have far-reaching implications.

Callais was heard before the Supreme Court. At the center of the debate is Louisiana's congressional district map, which now includes a sixth district stretching from Shreveport, roughly 250 miles ...

US Supreme Court Wrestles With Louisiana Electoral Map With More Black-Majority Districts By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two Black majority districts for the first time. Several of the court ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority ...