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The GOP-friendly map approved by state lawmakers now goes to Republican governor who is expected to sign it Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Louisiana Republicans approved a new congressional map on Friday which would eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that was at the center of a landmark supreme court ruling gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The new map reconfigures the state's sixth congressional district, now represented by Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat...
Slate - 11 hours 13 min agoDoes the inaccuracy or unfairness of an underlying conviction count as an "extraordinary and compelling reason" for compassionate release?...
NPR - 12 hours 45 min agoLouisiana's Republican lawmakers raced to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current map unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling.
The Louisiana Legislature passed a new GOP-favored House map Friday that eliminates one of the state's Black-majority congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Bayou State's map unconstitutional earlier this month. The new map, approved in a 28-10 vote, eliminates Rep. Cleo Fields' (D-La.) seat, the 6th Congressional District, which runs from Shreveport to Baton...
State Representative Edmond Jordan of Louisiana speaks with fellow lawmakers before a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., on Thursday.
Daily Signal - 15 hours 10 min agoA federal appeals court is defying a pivotal Supreme Court opinion on the Second Amendment and making New Yorkers less safe by upholding a New York City ban on nonlethal electronic weapons like Tasers and stun guns, legal experts warn. “The 2nd Circuit [Court of Appeals] has found a way to undermine” a key Supreme...
Mother Jones - 16 hours 8 min agoRepublican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks in recent days. A federal court found that Alabama's map, green-lit by the Roberts Court, intentionally discriminated against Black voters and blocked it for November. And the state senate in South […]...
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