On the heels of that decision, the high courtcleared the wayfor Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map as ordered by Dick. A federal appeals court latergavestate lawmakers until Jan. 15, 2024, to adopt the new redistricting plan that included the second majority-Black ...
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Reports that the decision by a federal panel which resulted in the rejection of the Louisiana congressional district map will be appealed in the United States Supreme Court. Comments from Brenda Wright, director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.Gruenwald...
BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a judge’s order that juvenile detainees must be removed by Friday from a former death row building at a Louisiana prison for adults.
The most recent congressional map, enacted in January after federal courts rejected earlier voting bounds, remains in place for the upcoming election, as the Supreme Court in Maygave the green lightfor it to be used this cycle. A three-judge district court panel had blocked the state from usi...
In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one congressional district. Lower courts had ruled that the maps raised concerns that Black voting power had been diluted, in violation of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. The justices had allowed the state’s challe...
afederal court ruled that [such] use…created a conflict of interest…[but] the two rulings…applied to…New Orleans…the unconstitutional practice…persists in nearly every other district court in the state. The Louisiana Legislature knows it is unconstitutional…The judiciary knows it is ...
Louisiana presented at the conference a map showing the Louisiana contention as to the boundary, which is the map attached to the bill, and marked Exhibit E. The Mississippi commission reported that it was impossible to effect an amicable extrajudicial settlement of the dispute, and that the ...
Under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (42 USC 5165), a mitigation plan is required for the City of Slidell to qualify for Federal mitigation funds. On September 8, 2020, the City of Slidell adopted the 2020 St. Tammany Parish Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which includes ...
Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black districts Elections Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana Legal Harry Connick Sr., lightning-rod longtime New Orleans DA, dies at 97 Congress ...