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Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:15 pm
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A federal three-judge panel on Tuesday threw out Louisiana’s recently redrawn congressional map which would have created a second majority Black district, leaving the state without a settled congressional map some six months before the November elections.
In the 2-1 ruling, the 5th Circuit panel found that the redistricting map approved by the Louisiana legislature, in a measure known as SB8, which established a second majority-Black congressional district in the state, “violates the Equal Protection Clause [of the 14th Amendment] as an impermissible racial gerrymander.”
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:16 pm to WPBTiger
WTH?
I thought the court demanded a racial gerrymander?
I thought the court demanded a racial gerrymander?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:17 pm to WPBTiger
When the gerrymandering is so bad even the court throws it out ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:25 pm to WPBTiger
What a shitshow, lol. Why is a majority black district more important than a majority Asian district or a majority Hispanic district?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:29 pm to WPBTiger
Color me shocked. The Little General will have to find some other way to stick it to Garrett Graves, although completely gutting the CPRA he built has to sting
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:41 pm to WPBTiger
What does this mean for Louisiana. Now the courts get to draw a map with 3 black districts?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:49 pm to WPBTiger
It’s been a good run of court decisions.
Maybe I won’t be thrown into a so-called Cleo Fields district.
Maybe I won’t be thrown into a so-called Cleo Fields district.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:06 pm to WPBTiger
I seem to recall one of the resident PT legal experts declaring this court couldn't do anything about this map.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:35 pm to WPBTiger
My favorite part of this is the supporters of this map saying it was based on politics and not race. They said that the fact it would screw GG after he supported Wags over Napoleon was evidence that it was based on politics. Like that makes it a good thing? I get that racial gerrymandering may be seen as illegal depending on what court and what day it is, while petty political revenge as a motive isn’t illegal. However, doesn’t that just make Landry and the drafters of this map look small and petty? Just thought it was a strange argument.
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