Louisiana, Supreme Court and Congressional Map

Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Congressional Map Case After Election
The Supreme Court ultimately upheld the Alabama ruling, prompting the creation of a new map with an additional district likely to elect a Black representative. The justices sent the Louisiana case back to federal court, signaling that revised maps should be ready for the 2024 elections.
Supreme Court will weigh in on new mostly Black Louisiana congressional district, after election
This year’s elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the closely-divided House of Representatives.
Supreme Court agrees to review Louisiana congressional map that favors Democrats
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal over Louisiana’s more Democratic-friendly congressional districts, though the case won’t impact this year’s election.
Supreme Court to hear dispute involving Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts
Graves' District 6 was reconfigured to create the second majority-minority district. It now stretches from Shreveport, in Louisiana's northwest corner, to Baton Rouge, in the southeast, and connects predominantly Black populations from Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge.
U.S. Supreme Court set to rule on racial dispute over Louisiana's congressional map
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the ongoing legal dispute over issues of race relating to Louisiana's congressional district map.
Supreme Court takes up challenge to Louisiana congressional map
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan that has two majority-Black districts, the latest development in a redistricting battle that has spanned nearly three years.
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Supreme Court to weigh in on Louisiana’s latest congressional map
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide whether Louisiana’s latest congressional map is unconstitutional.
Supreme Court to review Louisiana congressional map after election
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the fight over Louisiana’s congressional map, which has erupted into a messy legal battle over how to fix a racially gerrymandered design. The court’s decision will not impact this week’s elections,
Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Voting Map Dispute
The case, which will not affect this election cycle, involves a legal fight over how the state draws its voting maps and could determine the political power of Black voters there.
Supreme Court to resolve Louisiana gerrymander
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to adjudicate a long-running fight over Louisiana's 6th Congressional District, which one federal court ordered to be redrawn as a majority-Black district and a second federal court tried to undo.
Democrats hope to flip a reliably Republican Louisiana congressional seat with new boundaries
A lower court ruled that the new map was an illegal racial gerrymander, but in May the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use ...
Louisiana House District 6 General Election Results 2024
Follow Louisiana House District 6 election results live during the 2024 election. Get updates on voting outcomes from the ...
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Democrats gain House seat in Louisiana with new majority Black 6th Congressional District
Louisiana voters flip House seat to Democrats in new majority Black 6th Congressional District that includes Shreveport and ...
Speaker Mike Johnson wins re-election to House in Louisiana's 4th Congressional District
House Speaker Mike Johnson was declared the winner Tuesday night in his effort to keep Louisiana's 4th Congressional District ...
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See live vote totals for Congress, important local races in 2024 Louisiana election
The Louisiana Secretary of State's office updates election results every 90 seconds as results are counted. You can find ...
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A stormy Election Day in southwest Louisiana
Election Day in Lake Charles, Louisiana began with heavy rain and tornado warnings. Belts of precipitation traveling up from ...