Supreme Court hears Louisiana racial gerrymandering claim

The Supreme Court hears an unusual case in which civil rights groups are in a tentative alliance with Republican officials in defending a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority Black districts for the first time in decades.

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Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Louisiana racial gerrymandering

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a gerrymandering case that reshaped Louisiana’s congressional map, creating two majority Black voting districts for the first time in decades. NBC ...
NBC News - 1d
Supreme Court questions race’s role in redistricting in Louisiana map fight

The Supreme Court questioned Monday whether Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district went too far and amounts to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The case ...
The Hill - 1d
Supreme Court weighs whether to keep Louisiana congressional map

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
CBS News - 22h
Supreme Court weighs whether to keep Louisiana congressional map

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
CBS News - 22h
Supreme Court weighs whether to keep Louisiana congressional map

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
CBS News - 22h
Supreme Court grapples with role of race in Louisiana election map dispute

The Supreme Court grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes dispute over its congressional districts.
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case

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Justices Seem Likely to Uphold Louisiana Map With 2 Majority-Black Districts

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.
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Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the court's three liberal justices in ...
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