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Louisiana, Supreme Court and Voting Rights Act

‘This Is Not Democracy’: What The Supreme Court’s Louisiana Redistricting Ruling Really Means For Black Voting Power

The Supreme Court of the United States decision in Louisiana v. Callais has been simply framed as a dispute over Louisiana’s congressional map, a question about how many majority-Black districts the s...

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US Supreme Court rules on Louisiana congressional map, plaintiffs seek faster action

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Indiana leaders criticize Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

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Alabama AG files motions to lift congressional map injunctions after Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander on Wednesday, a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that weake...

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Louisiana leaders, groups react after Supreme Court strikes down congressional map

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Louisiana suspends congressional primaries in wake of Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling

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The Louisiana Purchase

U.S. envoys sent to Paris to conclude a modest deal to solve a pressing problem instead struck a historic agreement that set the United States on the road to becoming a world power.

Louisiana postpones May 16 House primaries after US Supreme Court decision on congressional map

Louisiana will postpone the May 16 House primaries after the United States Supreme Court struck down the state's second Black congressional district, according to the Associated Press.

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This day in history: United States completed Louisiana Purchase in 1803

The United States paid France $15 million for 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River on this day in 1803.

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US bill would extend state-controlled waters of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama

United States lawmakers representing the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have introduced legislation to extend their respective state waters' boundaries from 3 miles off the coast to 9 miles.