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The third day of the Louisiana Congressional district map hearing, Callais et al. v Landry, began with final witnesses before closing arguments were presented.
Lawyers for Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican leaders have successfully delayed the timeframe for creating a new second majority-Black congressional district, after an appeals ...
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves’ congressional district would be turned into a Black-majority seat under legislation backed by Gov. Jeff Landry that overcame a major hitch to pass its first hurdle ...
Hearing of lawsuit over La.’s congressional map ends with no immediate ruling “If it is determined to be predominately based upon race, it will likely be struck down,” attorney says The trial of a ...
The Louisiana Legislature approved a new U.S. congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, during a special session. The House voted 86-16 to pass the map, and the Senate approved it 27-11. Close ...
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that tests how much states can consider race when drawing congressional boundaries. The justices will decide whether to leave Louisiana's ...
SERGEANT CANDICE HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. A LEGAL BATTLE OVER A CONGRESSIONAL MAP, NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE SUPREME COURT, WITH JUSTICES HEARING ORAL ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER RACE OR POLITICS LED ...
The Supreme Court denied two emergency requests to restart the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map, a process that was likely to add a second majority-Black district. A map passed by ...
(CN) — Louisiana officials asked the Fifth Circuit Tuesday to overturn a lower court finding that the state's congressional map illegally dilutes the Black vote and must be redrawn. In 2022, the ...
Lawyers for Attorney General Jeff Landry and other Republican leaders have successfully delayed the timeframe for creating a new second majority-Black congressional district, after an appeals ...
The Louisiana Legislature approved a new U.S. congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, during a special session. The House voted 86-16 to pass the map, and the Senate approved it 27-11.