U.S. Supreme Court reinstates Louisiana electoral map faulted for racial bias
2022.06.28 22:51
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
By Andrew Chung
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a Republican-drawn map of Louisiana’s six U.S. House of Representatives districts that had been blocked by a judge who found that 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.
The nine-member court’s three liberal justices dissented from the decision.
