The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

The justices heard arguments in an appeal by state officials and advocacy groups of a lower court's 2024 ruling that found that the map delineating Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives ...

The case began in 2022, when the Louisiana legislature redrew the state’s congressional districts map with one majority Black congressional district that covered New Orleans and part of Baton Rouge.

Last year, a group of Black voters and advocacy organizations won their lawsuit in the Middle District of Louisiana challenging district lines for the Louisiana State Senate and House of ...

The justices returned the Louisiana case to federal court, with the expectation that new maps would be in place for the 2024 elections.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in ...

Louisiana election results map: ... and the current Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris (D). ... Trump won the state in 2020 with 58.5% of the vote.

State officials and advocacy groups have appealed a lower court's ruling that found the map laying out Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts - with two Black-majority districts ...