WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 27 deferred a decision on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional map, saying they want to reconsider the case after additional oral arguments ...

Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

The Supreme Court declined on Friday to weigh in on Louisiana’s contested congressional voting map, instead ordering that new arguments be scheduled during its next term. There was no ...

Louisiana’s New Congressional Map—With More Black Districts—Considered by U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether the new map will be officially implemented.

The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map last year that created a second majority-Black district. In a surprise order ...

The plan adopted reconfigured Louisiana's 6th Congressional District to adhere to the district court's order and bring the map into compliance with the Voting Rights Act, state officials said.

The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana legislators back to the drawing board in a high-stakes dispute over the Voting Rights Act and an election map with two ...

Louisiana, however, insists it adopted S.B. 8 in response to an earlier federal court order finding that its original map, which included just one Black district, likely violated Section 2 of the ...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face the possibility of a court-imposed map. The state complied and drew a new map.

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional ...