The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of ...

The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.

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The case is being closely watched because at arguments in March several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they ...

Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring ...

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The case tests the balancing act states must strike, protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.