The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lower court to consider directing Louisiana to redraw its congressional maps to create two majority Black districts.
The decision, which lifts the high court’s hold on Louisiana’s redistricting case, follows a 5-4 ruling earlier this month that requires Alabama to redraw its congressional maps to create two majority Black districts in accordance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court said without comment that Louisiana’s case can “proceed before the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for review in the ordinary course and in advance of the 2024 congressional elections in Louisiana.” Louisiana had appealed the finding, and the high court had blocked the district court’s ruling while it weighed the matter in the Alabama dispute.
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