US EditionLouisiana urges Supreme Court to bar use of race in redistricting, in attack on Voting Rights Act
Louisiana seeks Supreme Court ruling to prohibit race as a factor in redistricting, challenging Voting Rights Act protections that have enabled majority-Black districts for one-third of the population.
- On Wednesday, Louisiana asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Section 2 unconstitutional, abandoning a map with two Black members and filing a 58-page brief by Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill.
- After the 2020 Census, the Louisiana Legislature redrew maps and passed Senate Bill 8 to create two Black majority districts following federal court orders and lawsuits by white Louisiana voters and a new plaintiffs group in Callais.
- After March arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court set Louisiana v. Callais for re-argument this year and ordered briefing on if the second majority-minority district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments.
- Richard L. Hasen warned that a ruling for Louisiana would likely produce a whiter, less representative Congress and destroy the legal foundation for dozens of minority-majority districts nationwide, aiding Republican-led states before the 2026 midterm elections.
- The Roberts Court's recent decisions have narrowed key Voting Rights Act protections, showing skepticism toward race-based remedies and raising stakes with Republicans planning mid-decade redistricting.
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Louisiana urges Supreme Court to reject race in redistricting
Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to bar any consideration of race in redistricting, abandoning its defense of its own current congressional map in a move that could reshape the Voting Rights Act. In a new brief Wednesday, the state called race-based redistricting “fundamentally contrary to our Constitution” and urged the justices to deem its…
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Louisiana AG Urges Supreme Court to Reject Map With 2 Black-Majority Congressional Districts
Redistricting based on race is unconstitutional, Louisiana’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Aug. 27 in a preview of arguments that the state will make in an important upcoming election law case. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said her state has long argued that the Supreme Court’s “redistricting jurisprudence needs to be drastically changed or overruled.” “By requiring state legislatures to draw maps that sort voters by race,…
Colorado Springs Gazette
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to strike down race-based redistricting
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a racial redistricting law that forced the state legislature to create a second black-majority congressional district. The Supreme Court punted last term on deciding the legality of…
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Louisiana urges Supreme Court to bar use of race in redistricting, in attack on Voting Rights Act
Louisiana has abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court to reject any consideration of race in redistricting in a case that could bring major changes to the Voting Rights Act.
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