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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 by WPBTiger
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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 by LSUbest
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Member since Aug 2007
11511 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:16 pm to
WTH?

I thought the court demanded a racial gerrymander?
Posted by PrecedentedTimes
Member since Dec 2020
3128 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:17 pm to
When the gerrymandering is so bad even the court throws it out
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
20332 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:25 pm to
What a shitshow, lol. Why is a majority black district more important than a majority Asian district or a majority Hispanic district?
Posted by Icansee4miles
Trolling the Tickfaw
Member since Jan 2007
29321 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:29 pm to
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 by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164584 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:41 pm to
What does this mean for Louisiana. Now the courts get to draw a map with 3 black districts?
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
36435 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:49 pm to
It’s been a good run of court decisions.
Maybe I won’t be thrown into a so-called Cleo Fields district.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99646 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:06 pm to
I seem to recall one of the resident PT legal experts declaring this court couldn't do anything about this map.
Posted by Wiseguy
Member since Mar 2020
3438 posts
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:35 pm to
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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