Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district
Federal appeals court judges in New Orleans closely questioned voting rights advocates and attorneys for Louisiana Republican officials Friday on whether Louisiana must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new mostly Black congressional district — and how quickly that could and should be done ahead of next year’s elections. Louisiana is among multiple states still wrangling over congressional districts after the U.S.
Elrod and Judge Leslie Southwick both took pains to stress during Friday's hearing that their questions shouldn't be construed as an indication of how they will rule in the Louisiana case. Members of the Republican-dominated Legislature have resisted drawing a new minority district, despite the Alabama case. Southwick at times seemed skeptical of the state's argument that the injunction should be reversed because the state had too little time to prepare its case.
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Louisiana Republicans are in court to fight efforts to establish new Black congressional districtVoting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district. Louisiana is among multiple states still wrangling over congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act when its Republican legislature failed to create a second Black-majority congressional district after the 2020 census. At issue Friday was a federal court injunction that found that a congressional map drawn up by the Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and Attorney General Jeff Landry are fighting the injunction.
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Court approves Alabama congressional map that expands Black voting powerThe new map puts Democrats in a position to pick up a House seat next November.
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Federal judges select new congressional districts in Alabama to boost Black voting powerFederal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate
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Federal judges select new congressional districts in Alabama to boost Black voting powerFederal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate
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Federal judges select new congressional districts in Alabama to boost Black voting powerFederal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The judges ordered the state to use the new lines in the 2024 elections. The three-judge panel stepped in to oversee the drawing of a new map after ruling that Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to fix a Voting Rights Act violation and create a second majority-Black district or something “quite close to it.” The three-judge panel selected a plan from three proposed by a court-appointed expert that alters the bounds of Congressional District 2. Black voters would go from comprising less than one-third of the voting-age population to nearly 50%.
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