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Mansfield, La., Mayor Thomas Jones Jr. is holding his breath as he awaits a Supreme Court decision that could lead to a loss of Black representation in Congress. But he says as it stands now, he’s not feeling very hopeful.
The special session could push back the election dates for the Congressional races as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case about redistricting.
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Supreme Court considers Louisiana congressional map case with Voting Rights Act implications
The Supreme Court is considering whether Louisiana's intentional creation of a second majority-Black district violates the 14th and 15th Amendments.
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Louisiana Black congressmen react to Supreme Court case that could wipe out their districts
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana case that could change congressional maps and Black majority districts across America.
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In deciding a major case examining the racial composition of electoral districts in Louisiana, U.S. Supreme Court justices are facing the question of whether the U.S.
When the U.S. Supreme Court drilled down Wednesday on the issues surrounding Louisiana's Voting Rights case, the six conservative justices asked questions and made comments that indicated they thought Louisiana relied too much on race in drawing a second majority-Black congressional district.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices
In a Wednesday dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the Supreme Court ’s denial of a stay of execution and certiorari for Mississippi inmate Charles Ray Crawford, writing that the Court “abandons its duty to resolve this important question.”
A U.S. Supreme Court case out of Louisiana could reshape how Arizona draws its congressional and legislative maps by limiting how much race can be considered when creating districts meant to boost minority representation.
The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate across the country.
The controversy grew out of Louisiana’s attempt to account for population shifts after the 2020 census. The legislature drew a new congressional map that had only one majority-Black district out of six, even though Black people made up about one-third of the population.
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