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Supreme Court grapples with role of race in Louisiana election map dispute. The case could have potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. By Devin Dwyer. March 24, 2025, 3:17 PM.

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

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“Louisiana would rather not be here,” the state’s solicitor general, J. Benjamin Aguiñaga, told the justices. Mr. Aguiñaga was adamant that politics, not race, led to the current map.

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

The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.The case is being closely watched because at ...

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.

In its court filing, Louisiana urged the justices to overturn the lower-court ruling, arguing that legislators had drawn the map as a “rescue operation” to make sure to protect powerful ...

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.