Civil rights groups insisted the Supreme Court take up Louisiana's redistricting battle to maintain a second majority-black congressional district.
redistricting battle on Wednesday in an attempt to maintain a second majority-black congressional district that was recently drawn.
That second district was drawn in response to black voters suing over the 2020 congressional map that only included one majority-black district out of six, despite black citizens comprising almost a third of the state’s population. Last week, a federal court struck down the new map, with judges saying that it contained a racial gerrymander in the new 6th Congressional District and that the map cannot be used in the 2024 election. The lower court gave the Louisiana legislature until early June to redraw the map, or else the court would.
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