Supreme Court Weighs Louisiana Map with More Black-Majority Districts

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state and prompted a challenge by non-Black voters.

The justices heard arguments in an appeal by state officials and advocacy groups of a lower court’s 2024 ruling that found that the map delineating Louisiana’s six U.S. House of Representatives districts – with two Black-majority districts, up from one previously – violated the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment promise of equal protection.

Read more at Reuters.