The Supreme Court lifts its hold on a case that could force Louisiana to redraw congressional districts and boost Black voting power.
case that could force the state to redraw congressional districts to boost Black voting power.
The order follows the court's rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama and unfreezes the Louisiana case, which had been on hold pending the decision in Alabama. In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one congressional district. Lower courts had ruled that the maps raised concerns that Black voting power had been diluted, in violation of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act.The justices put the Louisiana case on hold and allowed the state's challenged map to be used in last year'sThe case had separately been appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
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