Louisiana's new congressional map is a win for Black voters and likely brings an end to the state's long-running legal battle over redistricting. It could also see Democrats gain a seat in Congress.

The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.

Why Louisiana is redrawing its map. The political tug-of-war started in March 2022 after the state Legislature passed a new map that essentially kept the status quo in racial representation.

Louisiana argued that it was caught in an impossible position: At first, a federal court ruled that the state had likely ...

Louisiana's new congressional map is a win for Black voters and likely brings an end to the state's long-running legal battle over redistricting. It could also see Democrats gain a seat in Congress.

G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.

The Landry-backed map to redistrict the Louisiana Supreme Court is sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Pineville, and follows the design favored by five of the court’s seven members.

The latest case before the court involves Louisiana's congressional map, which was redrawn last year to add a second majority-Black district to comply with Section 2, but then was found to be a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Legislature has until Jan. 15 to enact a new congressional map after a lower court last year ruled that the current political boundaries dilute the power of the ...

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, voting rights advocates argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v.Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle should remain because ...

The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map ...