Federal Court Rejects Louisiana Voting Map That Created New Majority-Black District

Democracy Now!— Two Trump-appointed federal judges rejected a new Louisiana congressional map which created a second majority-Black district. The map was drawn up after another federal judge ruled a previous voting map, which had just one Black-majority district, violated the Voting Rights Act. Roughly one-third of Louisiana’s population is Black. It remains unclear which map Louisiana will be using in November as the case is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Washington Post—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 election.

NBC News—Supreme Court allows Louisiana to use congressional map with second majority-Black district. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for Louisiana to use a congressional map in this year's election that includes two majority-Black districts. The court granted emergency requests filed by an unlikely alliance of Republican state officials and civil rights groups, who were united in asking the high court to block a lower court ruling that invalidated the most recently drawn map. State officials had said they needed to have the map finalized by Wednesday to meet...

Black Enterprise—Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Louisiana’s Congressional Map With Second Majority Black District. The high court sided with GOP state officials and civil rights groups who asked justices to block a ruling that invalidated the new map.