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US Supreme Court hears arguments over Louisiana electoral map

Jurist 26 Mar 2025
The US Supreme Court heard oral Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts ... Defendants, comprised of Louisiana officials and civil ...
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Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats

American Press 25 Mar 2025
The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district ... The justices returned the Louisiana case to federal ...
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SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Key Louisiana Redistricting Case

Democracy Now 25 Mar 2025
The case centers on whether Louisiana’s new congressional map, which created a second majority-Black district, is unconstitutional.
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High court weighs La. redistricting challenge

The Indiana Times 25 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana's congressional map, which had a second Black majority district added ... .
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High court to decide fate of redistricting

NWA Online 25 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to Louisiana's congressional map, which added a second Black majority district ... .
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Calhoun Times 25 Mar 2025
REDISTRICTING. The U.S. Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana's congressional map, which had a second Black majority district added ....
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Conservatives target $8 billion internet and phone subsidy. Supreme Court weighs in.

Usatoday 25 Mar 2025
SCOTUS hears case on Louisiana congressional maps. Lawyers from Louisiana argued that their new congressional maps are sound under "breathing room" promised by the Supreme Court.
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Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the ...

Herald Banner 25 Mar 2025
The justices on Monday are taking up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn so that, for the first time, two of its six districts have majority Black populations that elected Black Democrats to Congress ... All rights reserved ... ....
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Morning Report — Washington grapples with fallout from war plans leak

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the long-running saga over Louisiana’s congressional map. The decision could determine how states can legally consider race in redrawing maps when their ...
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Supreme Court questions race’s role in redistricting in Louisiana map fight

The Hill 24 Mar 2025
It also marks the latest chapter in the long-running, messy saga over Louisiana’s congressional map that began after the 2020 census ... new map, but the Trump administration abandoned the position.
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Supreme Court explores Louisiana’s use of race in redistricting

Roll Call 24 Mar 2025
Gorsuch pointed out that Louisiana drew the map to comply with the VRA with the assumption that it would include two majority-Black districts, and questioned whether that made it suspect under the ...
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The Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decision

Vox 24 Mar 2025
But Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, both of whom joined the Milligan majority, also seemed highly skeptical of Louisiana’s new maps ... Callais is actually one of two cases involving Louisiana’s congressional maps.
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Supreme Court case tests how much states can consider race in drawing congressional maps

Star Gazette 24 Mar 2025
SCOTUS hears case on Louisiana congressional maps. Lawyers from Louisiana argued that their new congressional maps are sound under "breathing room" promised by the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON − Louisiana ...
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