A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map. By Abbie VanSickle ...

That initial map from the GOP-led legislature had one majority-Black district. African-Americans make up nearly one-third of Louisiana's population. The judge blocked the state from conducting ...

US Supreme Court Wrestles With Louisiana Electoral Map With More Black-Majority Districts By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by ...

During the hearing, Louisiana officials argued that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature did not draw the map with race as the primary factor. The state said the map was also designed ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Louisiana lawmakers can use race as a factor when drawing congressional maps, a closely watched case that could impact voters nationwide in 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.

A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state ...

"We'd rather not be back at this podium defending a new map this fall," Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguinaga told the justices on Monday. Aguinaga said the state was happy with the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority ... Sotomayor asked counsel for the state. Louisiana officials argued they are stuck between ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - 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 ...

The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with whether or not to send Louisiana ... Act and an election map with two majority-black U.S. congressional districts -- which the state's Republican leaders ...