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The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to uphold Louisiana's congressional map, which was used in the 2024 elections and features two majority-Black districts. Reuters reports that the court heard ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district. Several of the court's conservative ...
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in the ...
Then, after the Court decided Milligan, a federal appeals court agreed that the original maps at issue in Robinson are ...
A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...
A U.S. Supreme Court hearing about the constitutionality of Louisiana's congressional map Monday veered into a discussion about compliance with U.S. court orders, a topic that has taken on ...
The Court decided an identical case two years ago. But every voting rights case that reaches this Court is dangerous.
The case could have potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a ...
Callais, an important battle over Black voters’ electoral power under Louisiana’s congressional map. In the lower courts, seven judges from across the ideological spectrum concluded that ...
Callais was heard before the Supreme Court. At the center of the debate is Louisiana's congressional district map, which now includes a sixth district stretching from Shreveport, roughly 250 miles ...