The Supreme Court reinstated a Republican-drawn map of Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts that had been blocked by a judge who found it likely discriminates against Black voters
The justices granted a request by Louisiana's Republican secretary of state to put on hold U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's injunction requiring a new map that has a second district where Black voters represent the majority of voters rather than just one in the version adopted by the Republican-led state legislature.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comDemocrats control the U.S.
The Supreme Court also decided to take up the Louisiana dispute and hold it for their eventual ruling in a similar case from Alabama that the justices have already agreed to hear that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act. That landmark 1965 federal law for decades has been used to counter racially biased actions in voting and drawing electoral districts.
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