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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77422957" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p>OP is Alabama, but similar nonsense is going on in Louisiana. It's more complicated than an episode of Soap, but...</p><p></p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/19/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-map/" target="_blank">Supreme Court agrees with delay on drawing new Louisiana congressional map</a></h3><p></p><p>Louisiana is one of several states where battles over redistricting continue after the 2020 Census. The outcome of those battles <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/27/supreme-court-alabama-redistricting/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8" target="_blank">could impact which party controls the House of Representatives</a> after the 2024 elections.</p><p></p><p>The Louisiana case is something of a legal quagmire. Last year, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick found that the map enacted by the Republican-led legislature dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters and probably violates the Voting Rights Act. </p><p></p><p>The judge directed the legislature to draw a new map. <strong>But it did not</strong>, and the legal battle was renewed.</p><p></p><p> In June 2022, the Supreme Court put the case on hold while it considered a similar one from Alabama [the OP]; the 2022 congressional elections took place under the map approved by the legislature.</p><p></p><p>The Supreme Court also released its hold on the Louisiana case, sending it back to lower courts. [where the original Judge Dick would be trying to sort things out]</p><p></p><p>But at the state’s request, a different panel of the 5th Circuit stepped in with a command that Dick stop proceedings in the case, in part because she had not given the Louisiana legislature another opportunity to draw a new map.</p><p></p><p>The legislature imposed its map over a veto from Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) and has not shown interest in creating a new one.</p><p></p><p>[And now SCOTUS has agreed that the legislature be given an opportunity to do what it's not showing any signs of doing.</p><p></p><p>Will the legislature be able to run out the clock and use the defective map again in 2024? Stay tuned.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77422957, member: 294566"] OP is Alabama, but similar nonsense is going on in Louisiana. It's more complicated than an episode of Soap, but... [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/19/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-map/']Supreme Court agrees with delay on drawing new Louisiana congressional map[/URL][/HEADING] Louisiana is one of several states where battles over redistricting continue after the 2020 Census. The outcome of those battles [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/27/supreme-court-alabama-redistricting/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8']could impact which party controls the House of Representatives[/URL] after the 2024 elections. The Louisiana case is something of a legal quagmire. Last year, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick found that the map enacted by the Republican-led legislature dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters and probably violates the Voting Rights Act. The judge directed the legislature to draw a new map. [B]But it did not[/B], and the legal battle was renewed. In June 2022, the Supreme Court put the case on hold while it considered a similar one from Alabama [the OP]; the 2022 congressional elections took place under the map approved by the legislature. The Supreme Court also released its hold on the Louisiana case, sending it back to lower courts. [where the original Judge Dick would be trying to sort things out] But at the state’s request, a different panel of the 5th Circuit stepped in with a command that Dick stop proceedings in the case, in part because she had not given the Louisiana legislature another opportunity to draw a new map. The legislature imposed its map over a veto from Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) and has not shown interest in creating a new one. [And now SCOTUS has agreed that the legislature be given an opportunity to do what it's not showing any signs of doing. Will the legislature be able to run out the clock and use the defective map again in 2024? Stay tuned.] [/QUOTE]
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