Former GOP Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court to Uphold VRA in La. Redistricting Case - American Press

Black Louisiana lawmakers want Murrill to drop ‘political’ arguments in redistricting case

Attorney General Liz Murrill. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) Black Louisiana state lawmakers want a state judge to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume defending the state’s congressional districts currently being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court.  The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus filed a writ Thursday with the 19th Judicial District Court that alleges Murrill is not upholding her constitutional duty to defend la…

Former GOP lawmakers urge Supreme Court to uphold VRA in La. redistricting case - American Press

By Nolan McKendry | The Center Square Thirteen former Republican members of Congress filed an amicus brief in Louisiana v. Callais, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as constitutional. The group – including former U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana – argued that the provision, which bars voting practices that deny or dilute minority voting power, represents a bipartisan achievement that Congress has …

Former GOP lawmakers urge Supreme Court to uphold VRA in Louisiana redistricting case

(The Center Square) − Thirteen former Republican members of Congress filed an amicus brief in Louisiana v. Callais, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Section 2 of the Voting

Group of GOP ex-lawmakers urges court to uphold section of Voting Rights Act

Thirteen former Republican members of Congress—including former Louisiana Rep. Charles Boustany—are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais, The Center Square writes.  The lawmakers filed an amicus brief Wednesday through the Protect Democracy Project, calling the provision a bipartisan cornerstone repeatedly reauthorized by Congress in 1982, 1992 and 2006 with near-unanimous support. Th…