re: Louisiana congressional map creating new majority-Black district ruled unconstitutional

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never change, louisiana

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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.