Court blocks Louisiana's congressional map with second majority-Black district
A federal court blocked Louisiana from using a congressional map signed into law this year that had been redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.
A federal court on Tuesday blocked Louisiana from using a congressional map signed into law this year that had been redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.
In a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Monroe, Louisiana, found that Senate Bill 8, which provided for the redistricting of congressional districts in the state, violated a clause in the 14th Amendment that ensures equal protection under the Constitution.
The case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court in another test of the Voting Rights Act.
"Having considered the testimony and evidence at trial, the arguments of counsel, and the applicable law, we conclude that District 6 of SB8 violates the Equal Protection Clause," District Judges Robert R. Summerhays and David C. Joseph, both appointees of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the court's opinion.
The judges said the state was not to use the map "in any future elections."
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