Appeals Panel Declines Louisiana’s Invitation to Gut Voting Rights Act

Louisiana’s legislative maps violate Voting Rights Act, 5th Circuit rules

(Photo credit: Wesley Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)District maps for seats in the Louisiana Legislature violate the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Their decision upholds a lower court ruling that found the boundaries discriminated against Black voters.  The panel’s ruling was issued Thursday in the case Nairne v. Landry, in which Black voters sued the state over redistricting plan…

Fifth Circuit rules in Louisiana House, Senate maps case

A panel of Fifth Circuit judges has sided with a group of Black voters in Louisiana who argued the House and Senate state legislative maps passed in 2022 violate the Voting Rights Act.

Appeals panel declines Louisiana’s invitation to gut Voting Rights Act

A federal appeals court panel declined Louisiana’s invitation to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that has required the state to draw additional majority-minority districts, ruling Thursday that the argument is foreclosed by binding precedent. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision upholds a judge’s ruling that blocked Louisiana’s state legislative maps by finding they “packed” and “cracked” Black communities in violat…

Court finds Louisiana legislative maps violate Voting Rights Act

5th Circuit Court finds Louisiana maps dilute Black voters' strength, mandating redraw.

Federal appeals court upholds lower court ruling in redistricting case

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Louisiana's request to throw out a lower court ruling that found the state's legislative redistricting maps were an attempt to dilute the voting strength of Black Louisianians.The ruling in Nairne et al v. Landry et al comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is poisted to rule in another lawsuit involving Louisiana redistricting. To read coverage from our media partners at The Advocate about the two cases …

Appeals panel declines Louisiana’s invitation to gut Voting Rights Act

A federal appeals court panel declined Louisiana’s invitation to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that has required the state to draw additional majority-minority districts, ruling Thursday that the argument is foreclosed by binding precedent.