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Louisiana redistricting map blocked by appeals court for diluting Black votes while Supreme Court considers broader case on race-conscious congressional district drawing.
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus asked a judge to stop Attorney General Liz Murrill's argument to the U.S. Supreme ...
(LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR) - Black Louisiana state lawmakers want a state judge to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume ...
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and some state lawmakers have sued Attorney General Liz Murrill for overstepping her ...
Louisiana is asking the Supreme Court to gut the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in ...
Efforts to redraw congressional maps in Texas and beyond are setting off a flurry of litigation as Republicans and Democrats ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana on Wednesday abandoned its defense of a political map that elected two Black members of Congress and instead called on the Supreme Court to reject any consideration of race ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Louisiana state legislative maps case is now on hold after a judge’s mandate. The attorney general’s office reviewed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The U.S. Supreme Court decided to delay its ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map and will rehear the case later. Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed, saying the ...
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a brief with the US Supreme Court arguing that the creation of a second majority-minority congressional district is unconstitutional and violates the Equal ...
NEW ORLEANS — In a victory for Black voters and democracy in Louisiana, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed in full the district court’s ruling that the state’s legislative maps ...