But as to the merits of the case, the state and voters said race was not the sole factor involved in how the map was redrawn. Instead, Louisiana lawmakers said they had two criteria: that District ...

A report from the Prison Policy Initiative says Louisiana’s political map gives unfair influence to residents in districts ...

Although a third of Louisianians are Black, less than a third of state legislative districts have majority Black populations.

But as to the merits of the case, the state and voters said race was not the sole factor involved in how the map was redrawn. Instead, Louisiana lawmakers said they had two criteria: that District ...

Marshall warned a broad SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana's redistricting case could "absolutely have an impact" on Alabama's ...

Its rulings have also said race cannot "predominate" as a factor in how election maps are drawn, but that politics is a permissible factor. Several justices indicated that Louisiana's map should ...

The map included only one majority Black district ... for “color-blind” boundaries in Alabama and elsewhere. Louisiana says race was not the driving factor In the Louisiana case, both the ...

“The court has long said that race-based remedial action must have a logical endpoint,” he said to the attorney representing civil rights groups, which joined Louisiana in defending the map ...

During oral arguments, Louisiana and its backers sought to argue that there was a difference between considering race when creating the congressional maps versus viewing race as the predominant ...

“Isn’t saying race was one consideration another ... of the court’s term at the end of June. Louisiana first adopted a congressional map after the 2020 census that included one Black ...

“Louisiana would rather not be here ... the landmark Voting Rights Act and how states consider race in drawing electoral maps. The high court heard oral arguments in a complicated dispute ...

Louisiana’s current map was adopted after a federal court ruled ... calling the revised lines an “odious racial gerrymander.” During Monday’s oral arguments, several conservative justices ...