WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with ...
In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six ...
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case brought by casino mogul and Trump donor Steve Wynn that would have ...
Several conservative justices were skeptical that the Voting Rights Act’s attempts to redress past discrimination can coexist ...
The case is nearly identical to a case the court ruled on two years ago from Alabama, though the outcome could make it more ...
The high court heard a similar case in Alabama in 2023, which led to a new map and a second district that could elect a Black ...
States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.
Aguiñaga said facing the prospect of a federal judge drawing the map, the Louisiana Legislature decided to draw a new map and ...
The Supreme Court put the ruling on hold while it took up the Alabama case. The justices allowed both states to use congressional maps in the 2022 elections even though both had been ruled likely ...
it’s still possible to create a second majority-Black district without race being the predominant factor – the test the Supreme Court re-affirmed in the 2023 decision about Alabama’s ...