Washington —The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana to use for the 2024 elections a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black, giving them the opportunity to elect their favored candidate. The justices granted two separate requests...
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...
congressional maps in Alabama, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina and Louisiana, among other states, each district counts more than ever. Republicans see a threat to their majority if districts are redrawn that eliminate GOP strongholds. In North Carolina, Republicans ...
naacp louisiana state conference president michael mcclanahan said in a statement. the new districts are similar to the state's current map, which features one district that stretches from new orleans to baton rouge, both of which have significant black populations. the state's ...
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Scalise was shot during a practice for the Congressional Baseball Game, and he nearly lost his life in the attack. The Louisiana Republican recalled that the adrenaline that coursed through him after he was shot shielded him from feeling the severity of the wound. Share This is a mo...
Baton Rouge, city, capital of Louisiana, U.S., and seat (1811) of East Baton Rouge parish. Baton Rouge is a port situated at the head of deepwater navigation on the Mississippi River, in the southeast-central part of the state. The French-Canadian explor
If most of the electoral votes were decided by congressional district instead of by state, you might get a few districts that vote the other way. Why should I bother to vote for president if I know the way my state is going to go? But within my specific congressional district the other...
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Democrats and civil rights groups scored a major victory in June when the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Alabama's congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to draw two Black-majority districts. But Allen v.