US EditionHalfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the last one
- The United States is halfway to the next census, but lawsuits from the last census are ongoing involving the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court is reviewing a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two districts with majority Black populations that elected Black Democrats.
- The court had previously ruled that Alabama's map discriminated against Black voters under the Voting Rights Act.
- Justice Clarence Thomas stated the court should refrain from deciding on race-based redistricting cases.
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Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the last one
The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one.The justices on Monday are taking up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn so that, for the first time, two of its six districts have majority Black populations that elected Black Democrats to Congress. Black Louisianans make up about one-third of the state’s population.
Are Louisiana's congressional maps fair to all? U.S. Supreme Court takes up case
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's conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to bring redistricting lawsuits under the landmark federal Voting Rights Act.The case involves the interplay between race and politics in drawing po…
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