Landry defended Louisiana’s old congressional map when he was attorney general but convened the special session after he took office, throwing his support behind SB8.

Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with majority-Black district The court had been asked to resolve uncertainty over which map Louisiana will use, with just months to go before the 2024 ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with whether to leave in place Louisiana's congressional map that was used in the 2024 elections and includes two majority-Black districts.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay today in Robinson v. Callais, pausing enforcement of a district court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map as a racial ...

A group of mostly White voters that is challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional districts called the map “morally repugnant” in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday.

Under Louisiana’s current congressional map, 23 percent of the voting-age population in this district is Black. That number would increase to 54 percent under Womack’s plan.

Louisiana's new congressional map is a win for Black voters and likely brings an end to the state's long-running legal battle over redistricting. It could also see Democrats gain a seat in Congress.

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal over Louisiana's congressional map, sending a dispute over whether the districts diluted Black voting power back to a lower court.

A federal appeals court on Friday agreed with a lower-court ruling that Louisiana’s latest congressional map very likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters, and ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, the Louisiana Legislature passed a map that creates a second majority-Black congressional district after being granted a final opportunity to pass a map before a federal ...