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Louisiana congressional map creating new majority-Black district ruled unconstitutional
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:56 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:56 am
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The three-judge panel tasked with deciding Louisiana's congressional future has ruled that the map the Louisiana Legislature drew in January that added a second majority-Black district is unconstitutional.
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"The unusual shape of the district reflects an effort to incorporate as much of the dispersed Black population as was necessary to create a majority-Black district," Summerhays and Joseph wrote in the ruling. "In the present case, the record reflects that the State could have achieved its political goals in ways other than by carving up and sorting by race the citizens of Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Alexandria, and Shreveport. Put another way, the Legislature’s decision to increase the BVAP of District 6 to over 50 percent was not required to protect incumbents and supports the plaintiffs’ contention that race was the predominate factor in drawing the district’s boundaries."
quote:now, you might ask...why would our new MAGA governor do such a thing?
Newly elected Governor Jeff Landry threw his support behind the map created in Senate Bill 8, which created a new seatbelt-shaped district that stretches from Shreveport to Baton Rouge along the Red River, picking up Black population centers in Alexandria, Lafayette and Natchitoches along the way.
well...
quote:never change, louisiana
The new map took apart the district held by Garret Graves, who'd endorsed Landry's rival Stephen Waguespack for governor.
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Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:58 am to cgrand
Who fukn cares...theyre all crooks
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 11:31 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:58 am to cgrand
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Louisiana congressional map creating new majority-Black district ruled unconstitutional
the judges ruling declaring they must create that new majority-Black district was also unconstitutional, but liberal judges dont care about constitutionality when they make their rulings
at least this judge made a correct ruling
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 11:00 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:59 am to cgrand
It was a very stupid map that is based on race.
It makes no sense for parts of Baton Rouge and Shreveport to share a district. Nor does it make sense for Calcasieu and Bossier to share a district or for Hammond and Monroe to share a district. Those areas are not really linked culturally or economically.
We are approaching a point where we may not be able to logically justify two districts based in north Louisiana.
It makes no sense for parts of Baton Rouge and Shreveport to share a district. Nor does it make sense for Calcasieu and Bossier to share a district or for Hammond and Monroe to share a district. Those areas are not really linked culturally or economically.
We are approaching a point where we may not be able to logically justify two districts based in north Louisiana.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 11:02 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:00 am to cgrand
Requiring any districts to be based on race should be unconstitutional.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:01 am to cgrand
There are only six districts in the state.
Two of those have the Speaker of the House and the House Majority Leader.
One of those is a black majority seat.
Getting a second black majority seat means carving a district out of the ones currently held by Graves, Letlow, and Higgins. And Graves pissed off EVERYONE in power within the state over a variety of things, meaning he doesn’t have the cover to save his own arse.
If he had gotten Scalise or Johnson over the hump to be Speaker instead of backing McCarthy, he might have survived and it would have been Higgins taking the hit.
Two of those have the Speaker of the House and the House Majority Leader.
One of those is a black majority seat.
Getting a second black majority seat means carving a district out of the ones currently held by Graves, Letlow, and Higgins. And Graves pissed off EVERYONE in power within the state over a variety of things, meaning he doesn’t have the cover to save his own arse.
If he had gotten Scalise or Johnson over the hump to be Speaker instead of backing McCarthy, he might have survived and it would have been Higgins taking the hit.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:02 am to cgrand
Just go the Iowa route and make them boxes. Our congressional districts look like a damn impressionist painting
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:08 am to cgrand
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never change, louisiana
Blame the courts and the ACLUseless for this one.
Louisiana had two different maps in the 1990s with a second majority black district. The courts put the kibosh on both. There's no way to do it without grotesque gerrymandering so the state just gave up.
Then the courts turned around and decided a second black majority district was required, not prohibited. The black population still isn't contiguous enough to draw two reasonable districts. They had to come up with a district that satisfied the courts but also had a rationale outside of race.
Punishing enemies and rewarding friends is both a non racial basis and feels good if you're in charge so they ran with it.
It would be nice if the courts would make up their mind. Would also be nice if the NAACP and ACLU got the bill for the waste of resources.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:14 am to cgrand
Always looking to blame Jeff Landry for something. Never fail prog filth
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:24 am to cgrand
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Governor Jeff Landry
The man is straight trash
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:25 am to cgrand
Let me break this down:
Supreme court requires Louisiana to create an additional minority majority district. However, Louisiana’s minority populations are too spread out, so they have to gerrymander a ridiculously shaped district to create a second black majority district. This he court rules the district unconstitutional because it’s based on race. But a court mandated them to make a district based on race?
How can it be unconstitutional to base the map on race if the same court requires maps be based on race? This is a catch-22.
Supreme court requires Louisiana to create an additional minority majority district. However, Louisiana’s minority populations are too spread out, so they have to gerrymander a ridiculously shaped district to create a second black majority district. This he court rules the district unconstitutional because it’s based on race. But a court mandated them to make a district based on race?
How can it be unconstitutional to base the map on race if the same court requires maps be based on race? This is a catch-22.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:26 am to cgrand
So district 2 would have gone from being 58% black (per Wiki) to 51%. That's not much of a margin if the goal is to elect a minority representative, especially since white people tend to vote at a higher rate than minorities.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 11:28 am
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:52 am to cgrand
Good. That map is bullshite. No one in BR should be in a district with someone from Shreveport or Lake Providence
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:56 am to cgrand
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The new map took apart the district held by Garret Graves, who'd endorsed Landry's rival Stephen Waguespack for governor.
While this is one of the motives, the other motive is that keeping this issue in abeyance temporarily deprives the Democrats of picking up another seat in the House. They deliberately drew a map they knew wouldn't pass muster and now it's back to square until after the next election.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:58 am to cgrand
Jeff Landry has been such a loser. Still better than Honor Chode purely based on the fact he has not put draconian sanctions on the population yet.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:55 pm to cgrand
Can someone explain the stated purpose of redistricting, and also explain the true purpose as it relates to the real world?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:57 pm to cgrand
It should be. No district should be made for a specific color / race, whatever.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 1:03 pm to cgrand
Is this country just blatantly accepting the fact that the only future of America is “separate but equal”?
Posted on 5/1/24 at 1:14 pm to cgrand
Just appoint Cleo Fields as a rep.
Posted on 5/1/24 at 1:23 pm to cgrand
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The unusual shape of the district reflects an effort to incorporate as much of the dispersed Black population as was necessary to create a majority-Black district,
That's literally gerrymandering
Wtf is going on man
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