Supreme Court paves the way for Louisiana congressional districts to be redrawn

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court connected Monday dismissed Louisiana's entreaty seeking to forestall the state's legislature representation from being redrawn implicit claims that it unlawfully dilutes the power of Black voters.

The determination via a little unsigned bid was expected aft the Supreme Court's ruling on June 8 that buttressed a cardinal portion of the landmark Voting Rights Act successful a akin lawsuit concerning legislature districts successful Alabama.

The tribunal bid noted that the lawsuit should beryllium resolved successful little courts "in beforehand of the 2024 legislature elections successful Louisiana."

he Supreme Court's ruling successful the Alabama lawsuit could pb to a caller representation being drawn successful Louisiana successful which Black voters would person a accidental to elite their preferred typical successful 2 of the state's six legislature districts alternatively of one.

In the Alabama case, the Supreme Court unexpectedly upheld a little tribunal ruling that said the Republican-drawn representation successful that authorities discriminated against Black voters by making it hard for them to ballot for candidates of their choosing.

In June 2022, the Supreme Court, pursuing an attack akin to its handling of the Alabama case, allowed Republicans to usage their preferred representation that a justice had struck down for violating the Voting Rights Act.

Using the caller map, Republicans won 5 of the six districts successful November's midterm elections.

The Louisiana lawsuit had been connected clasp astatine the Supreme Court pending the result of the Alabama case.

It is 1 of respective cases apt to beryllium straight affected by the Alabama ruling. With Black voters mostly much apt to ballot for Democratic candidates, the ruling is apt to beryllium a boon to Democrats seeking to triumph power of the House of Representatives.

Lawrence Hurley