Shades on Nostr: by #SamKarlin in nola.com: "Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office, which is ...
by #SamKarlin in nola.com:
"Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office, which is defending the state in the racial gerrymandering case, had argued the Supreme Court should take up the case, even after the court ruled in favor of Black voters in Alabama in a similar case earlier this month.
"The court rejected that argument, sending the case back to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case ahead of the 2024 congressional elections.
"U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, of the Middle District of Louisiana, had already ordered the GOP-led Legislature to redraw the congressional maps to include another majority-Black district. Dick was nominated to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama."
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/case-over-louisiana-congressional-maps-headed-to-appeals/article_e2ba005e-1428-11ee-af4c-678b385ed87c.html
#Louisiana #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #VotingRights #voting #election #Congress #maps #NAACP #discrimination #racism #CivilRights #NOLA
"Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office, which is defending the state in the racial gerrymandering case, had argued the Supreme Court should take up the case, even after the court ruled in favor of Black voters in Alabama in a similar case earlier this month.
"The court rejected that argument, sending the case back to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the case ahead of the 2024 congressional elections.
"U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, of the Middle District of Louisiana, had already ordered the GOP-led Legislature to redraw the congressional maps to include another majority-Black district. Dick was nominated to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama."
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/case-over-louisiana-congressional-maps-headed-to-appeals/article_e2ba005e-1428-11ee-af4c-678b385ed87c.html
#Louisiana #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #VotingRights #voting #election #Congress #maps #NAACP #discrimination #racism #CivilRights #NOLA