Louisiana had a busy last week starting when a three-judge panel struck down the state’s latest congressional map, which was drawn to include a second majority-Black district in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The decision came from a lawsuit filed by 12 “non-African American” voters who argued the new map was a racial gerrymander and two Trump-appointed judges agreed.
We are nearly halfway through 2024 and Louisiana is without a congressional map, so there’s no surprise that many of our members had questions about what this means and what will happen for voters in the Pelican State.
Peter Robins-Brown, executive director of Louisiana Progress, is on the ground in the state and has been following the map drawing process from the start — here’s what he has to say on the future of Louisiana’s congressional districts.
Peter answers all your questions in this member exclusive Q&A, including:
What will happen since Louisiana has scrapped our new map!?
I thought SCOTUS already approved this new map with two majority-Black districts?
Can this ruling be appealed?
It seems like this is how Landry and Louisiana Republicans planned it all along, to ultimately block the seat from taking effect in 2024?
This seems like systemic racism at work, right?
Should I be concerned that the new state Supreme Court map will get struck down too or is it here to stay?
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