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 ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave lawmakers in Louisiana a deadline of early 2024 to draw a new map or face the possibility of a court-imposed map. The state complied and drew a new map.

During the hearing, Louisiana officials argued that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature did not draw the map with race as the primary factor. The state said the map was also designed ...

Heeding the federal courts’ directive to pass lawful districts, the state legislature passed a new map in 2024 that added a second majority-Black voting district, marking a victory for the NAACP ...