Louisiana won't immediately get a new majority-Black House district after judges reject it

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Source: AP

Updated 9:50 PM EDT, April 30, 2024


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new congressional map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections.

The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature after a different federal judge blocked a map from 2022. The earlier map maintained a single Black-majority district and five mostly white districts, in a state with a population that is about one-third Black.

“We will of course be seeking Supreme Court review,” state Attorney General Liz Murrill said on social media. “The jurisprudence and litigation involving redistricting has made it impossible to not have federal judges drawing maps. It’s not right and they need to fix it.”

Gov. Jeff Landry and Murrill had backed the new map in a January legislative session after a different federal judge threw out a map with only one mostly Black district. The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, chaired by former Attorney General Eric Holder, said backers of the new map will likely seek an emergency order from the Supreme Court to keep the new map in place while appeals are pursued.

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US judges have rejected a map that would have given Louisiana a new majority-Black House district

Updated 7:10 PM EDT, April 30, 2024


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections.

The 2-1 ruling forbids the use of a map drawn up in January by the Legislature after a different federal judge blocked a map from 2022. The earlier map maintained a single Black-majority district and five mostly white districts, in a state with a population that is about one-third Black.

An appeal of Tuesday’s ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely. Meanwhile, the ruling means continued uncertainty over what the November election map will look like. State election officials have said they need to know the district boundaries by May 15, and the sign-up period for the fall elections in Louisiana is in mid-July.

The new map was challenged by 12 self-described non-African American voters, whose lawsuit said the districts amounted to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering that discriminated against white voters while pulling together disparate areas of the state into one district.

[jimfields33]

1. Until they go by zip codes, this mess will continue forever.

We’re four years in and the redistricting isn’t done. In six years we do it again.

[GB_RN]

3. That's The Point.

Drag out the whole process, hoping a GOPQ administration lands, more Reichwing “judges” get appointed and perhaps, another SCOTUS seat*.


*Not attacking Sotamayor, but she’s 69, and a Type 1 diabetic. Diabetes ages your arteries 10 years beyond your calendar age, before other factors are taken into account. Coronary (and cerebral) arteries are what we’re primarily concerned with here. All it takes is a plaque build-up blockage (or ruptured plaque causing a blood clot) in the wrong spot, and she doesn’t even make it to the hospital. And/or, an accident involving her insulin pump and she slips into diabetic keto-acidosis and coma. The last thing I want to see is a repeat of the RBG situation, and another “Handmaiden” on the court.

Again, I am in no way attacking her nor saying she should immediately resign. As a cardiac catheterization lab RN, who deals with patients like this on a daily basis, I am merely pointing out the known health issues and possible outcomes.

[jimfields33]

4. I totally understand. You make valid points.

[mysteryowl]

2. What!

Enough with the jerrymandering!