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 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.
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 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.
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 Will Weigh in on New Mostly Black Louisiana Congressional District After Election
Noting the size of the state’s Black population, civil rights advocates challenged the map in a Baton Rouge-based federal court and won a ruling from U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick that the districts likely discriminated against Black voters.
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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.
U.S. Supreme Court to rule on racial dispute involving Louisiana congressional map
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to to decide the ongoing legal redistricting dispute in Louisiana that could determine whether the state maintains a congressional
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.
US Supreme Court to hear arguments over Louisiana district map
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving Louisiana's congressional district map with two Black-majority districts in the six-district state, according to an order issued Monday.
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US Supreme Court to hear fight over Louisiana voting map with more Black-majority districts
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See live vote totals for Congress, important local races in 2024 Louisiana election
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A stormy Election Day in southwest Louisiana
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