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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

which found that the state's Black residents now totaled one-third of Louisiana's total population. The first redistricting map, which included just one district where Black voters held the ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...