Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

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Supreme Court says Louisiana must use congressional map with 2 majority black districts

The Supreme Court had the final say in ordering Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a map approved by lawmakers during a special session back in January.

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with two majority-Black districts

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to use maps with two majority-Black districts approved earlier this year for this fall’s congressional elections. The order issued Wednesday (May 15) suspends a lower court’s ruling that found that the map, signed into law after a five-day special legislative session convened at Gov. Jeff Landry’s direction, constitutes an illegal racial gerrymander in violation of the 14th and 15th amendments of the …

Supreme Court Orders Louisiana to Use New Map

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday effectively ordered Louisiana to hold this fall’s congressional elections using two Black majority districts instead of one,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. “The high court did so by suspending a three-judge panel’s decision that threw out a map drawn by the Louisiana Legislature in January to create two minority-majority districts.”

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use map with additional Black district

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an ...

Supreme Court accepts new Louisiana map; liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a new congressional map that includes a second Black majority House district in Louisiana can be used in November after a lower court rejected that map earlier this month.   The high court issued a stay on a federal judge panel’s decision two weeks ago that halted the…