Dear Louisiana racists: Nearly one-third of your state's population is Black. Best, Retiring Guy

 

Demographics:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Headline:  New York Times, 3/24/2025

Congressional delegation:  Wikipedia

Abbie Van Sickle reports:

When lawmakers adopted a map that included only one majority-Black district despite the shift, the Louisiana State Conference of the N.A.A.C.P., the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and several individual Black voters successfully sued. They argued that under the Voting Rights Act, the state should be required to draw a map with two majority-Black districts so that voters in those communities would have the chance to elect politicians of their choice. A federal judge found that Black voters in Louisiana often supported the same candidate but were consistently outvoted by white bloc voting. 

After lawmakers eventually drew a map with two majority-Black districts, another lawsuit followed. This challenge, which was heard by the justices Monday, was brought by a group of “non-African American” voters who argued that the state’s map violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause with “a sinuous and jagged second majority-Black district based on racial stereotypes.”