On Wednesday, the Supreme Courtreinstated a versionof Louisiana’s congressional map that contains two Black-majority, Democratic-leaning districts — at least for the 2024 election. Last month, a lower court had struck down that map for relying too much on race. But the Supreme Court temp...
Last week, Louisiana's state legislaturepassed a new congressional map, which Republican Gov. Jeff Landrysigned into law on Monday. A federal courthad previously ruledthat the state's map violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black representation. Toavoid fu...
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...
Editorial. Reports on the invalidation by three federal judges of the proposal for new congressional districts by the Louisiana legislature. Appeal of the case to the United States Supreme Court; Creation of congre...
In Alabama, GOP lawmakers packed most Black voters into only one of seven congressional districts, even though Blacks make up 27% of the state’s population. In Louisiana, where nearly one-third of the state’s population is Black, GOP lawmakers approved a map containing five majority-white ...
In addition, women represent two-thirds of New Mexico’s federal congressional districts. In 2009, New Mexico became the 15th state to ban capital punishment, and in 2013, it became the 17th state to recognize same-sex marriage. In 2021, New Mexico became the 18th state to legalize the ...
The State of Louisiana had a deadline of January 30 set by a federal judge to redraw congressional maps so they abide by the Voting Rights Act. Had the Legislature failed to submit a revised map, the judge would have determined Louisiana's congressional districts herself. ...
A federal judge has agreed with Trump administration lawyers to pause a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general that attempted to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states ...
"... I will not run for the 23rd Congressional District. I will finish out my time as the 27th member of Congress until the end of the year." Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 Democratic Attorney General Letitia A. "Tish" James • Re-elected Tuesday 8 ...
Under Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional map, just one of seven districts has a majority Black population in a state where more than one in four residents is Black. A broad ruling in the case would not only uphold that map, but also make it much harder to sustain claims of r...