In a 2-to-1 decision, the panel sided with challengers who argued that the map that created a second Black majority district was an “impermissible racial gerrymander.” By Rick Rojas Reporting ...
A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a newly drawn congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana – in a potential blow to Democrats seeking to seize control of ...
A federal three-judge panel on Tuesday threw out Louisiana’s recently redrawn congressional map that included an additional majority-Black district, leaving the state without a settled ...
A panel of federal judges rejected a newly drawn congressional map Tuesday that would have created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana. The move tees up a potential redistricting battle in ...
A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election ...
A federal three-judge panel has asked the Louisiana Legislature to draw yet another congressional map by June 3 or have the court produce "interim" boundaries to conduct the Nov. 5 election.
Louisiana’s six U.S. House members still don’t know the shape of the districts they’ll run for this fall. But that should clarify within a month, according to an order promulgated Tuesday by ...
Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields (D), who served in Congress in the 1990s, has declared his candidacy for a new majority-Black congressional district created in January by the Legislature.
The judges set a May 6 hearing for all parties to discuss next steps. An appeal to the US Supreme Court is likely – casting doubt over what map will be used in this year’s elections. State ...
SHREVEPORT, La. – Louisiana’s proposed congressional map that created a second Black-majority district has been thrown out by two federal court judges. U.S. District judges David Joseph and ...