{"id":4373,"date":"2023-06-27T07:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/06\/27\/supreme-court-now-tosses-out-louisiana-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T07:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:50:03","slug":"supreme-court-now-tosses-out-louisiana-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/supreme-court-now-tosses-out-louisiana-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court now tosses out Louisiana lawsuit:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"89.018543956044\">\n<h2>Supreme Court says Louisiana&#8217;s voting maps must be redrawn to add ANOTHER district where majority of residents are black: State was accused of violating election laws by diluting African-American vote<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The ruling was handed down with no dissenting opinions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>It follows a similar decision against the state of Alabama\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Lower courts had voiced concerns that Black voting power had been illegally diluted<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=James+Franey,+Senior+U.S.+Political+Reporter+For+Dailymail.Com\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">James Franey, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-06-26T16:34:07+0100\"> 11:34 EDT, 26 June 2023 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-06-26T18:22:30+0100\"> 13:22 EDT, 26 June 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/7.1.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/9.1.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/us-supreme-court\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e398de60-1436-11ee-b70f-cd206c250228\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> has tossed out a Republican-led bid to overturn a ruling that said Black voting rights had been diluted in <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/louisiana\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e39c87e0-1436-11ee-b70f-cd206c250228\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana<\/a> after officials redrew its electoral map.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a short order published on Monday (June 26), justices refused to rule on the case, sending it back to be decided by a lower court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The move came after a\u00a0senior <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/republicans\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e3955bf0-1436-11ee-b70f-cd206c250228\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> official had sought the backing of America&#8217;s top court after Black voters accused the Pelican State of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin wanted to quash a federal judge&#8217;s decision that the map delineating Louisiana&#8217;s six U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/us-house-of-representatives\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e38f6880-1436-11ee-b70f-cd206c250228\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Representatives<\/a> districts was done so on racial grounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4abab5bba9fa2eff\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/26\/16\/72547699-0-image-a-1_1687792916508.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4abab5bba9fa2eff\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/26\/16\/72547699-0-image-a-1_1687792916508.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One-third of Louisiana&#8217;s residents are Black.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Justices went a step further two weeks ago in a similar case involving Alabama, directly ordering the state by 5-4 to overhaul its electoral boundaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The court found then that race had played a role in the changes to the voting map contrary to the federal Voting Rights Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In that ruling, judges elected not to further roll back protections contained in the Voting Rights Act as it had done in two major decisions in the past decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Louisiana case will now go forward to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ahead of next year&#8217;s elections to choose a new House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The plaintiffs said the Republican-drawn unlawfully packed large numbers of Black voters into a single district and dispersed the rest into the five others in numbers too small to enable them to elect their preferred candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, had vetoed the congressional map approved by the state\u2019s GOP-controlled legislature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But state lawmakers moved ahead with a motion to override that veto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5f08f29048bd4882\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/26\/16\/72547971-12235115-image-a-9_1687793319758.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Governor John Bel Edwards had unsuccessfully tried to block the overhaul of the electoral map\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5f08f29048bd4882\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/26\/16\/72547971-12235115-image-a-9_1687793319758.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Governor John Bel Edwards had unsuccessfully tried to block the overhaul of the electoral map\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Governor John Bel Edwards had unsuccessfully tried to block the overhaul of the electoral map\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of the lawsuits claimed the plan &#8216;continues the State of Louisiana&#8217;s long history of maximizing political power for white citizens by disenfranchising and discriminating against Black Louisianans.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The plaintiffs in court papers said that &#8216;stark racially polarized voting almost universally leads to the electoral defeat of Black-preferred candidates&#8217; in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Electoral districts in the United States are redrawn each decade to reflect population changes as measured by a national census, last taken in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In most states, such redistricting is done by the party in power, which can lead to map manipulation for partisan gain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Democrats have accused Republicans of exploiting state legislature majorities to draw electoral maps that dilute the clout of Black and other minority voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Republicans have said the consideration of race in drawing electoral maps must be limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 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