A new Louisiana congressional map giving the state a second majority-Black House district has been rejected by a panel of federal judges.
Politics FILE - Rep. Garret Graves , R-La., speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill, May 31, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected a new congressional map that would give Louisiana a second majority Black district, renewing the political fortunes of Graves, whose district was altered by the map. Fields had declared his intention to run for Congress in the new district.
Judge Carl Stewart dissented, saying the majority gave too little weight to the political motivations involved in drawing the map. Joseph and Summerhays said they would not rule on the feasibility of creating a second majority-Black district that would comply with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Rep. Troy Carter, the only Democrat and only Black member of the state's current congressional delegation, criticized the ruling.The new map maintains safe districts for five incumbents: Carter and four white Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise. It was challenged by 12 self-described non-African American voters, whose lawsuit said the districts amounted to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
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