The state said the map was also designed to protect Republican incumbents who represent Louisiana districts, such as House Speaker Mike Johnson and No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise. "In an ...

Louisiana originally proposed a voting map with only one Black-majority congressional district after the 2020 census. But in an unusual twist that crystalized the topsy-turvy nature of the litigation, ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

“Louisiana is tired,” state officials told the Supreme ... VRA by ordering Alabama to redraw its map to allow for an additional Black majority district. Chief Justice John Roberts, a ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices aired concerns Monday about race in redistricting, in a case about Louisiana's ...

When lawmakers adopted a map that included only one majority-Black district despite the shift, the Louisiana State Conference of the N.A.A.C.P., the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and ...

It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest redistricting plan. The state and a group of Black voters ask the justices to ...

Fields added that other Louisiana congressional districts are more spread ... which required the state’s legislature to redraw its congressional map to include a second Black-majority district ...

In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the state’s population is Black. Th ...

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over the fate of Louisiana’s second Black-majority congressional district.

The map's design, Louisiana said, also sought to protect ... who both represent congressional districts in the state. Black voters tend to support Democratic candidates. "In an election year ...