We've heard a bunch of consternation about how we got this decision. And we get it -- this is a stay, not necessarily the final resolution of this map. But it's important to realize that no matter how we got here, Louisiana's voters got the more fair map they deserved.

John: We need fair districts across the country regardless of how they arrive. RUSH $25 or more to keep up the redistricting fight today >>

It's not often we get to applaud the Supreme Court, John. But they stepped up to overrule a lower federal court to protect the new congressional map intended to better represent Louisiana’s Black voters in compliance with the Voting Rights Act

As we've said before -- this is just the latest twist in a long-running redistricting battle over the rights of our state's Black voters. The Louisiana voters who started this legal fight won a critical stay from Supreme Court on the lower court's decision.

Why is this a big deal? Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the lower court decision “shameful” and said that it “unnecessarily put[s] Louisianians’ right to vote in a very precarious position.”

Now Louisiana's voters get the fair maps they deserve. It's been alleged that Louisiana's overtly partisan state legislature specifically drew the map in a way they hoped would get thrown out for the 2024 elections. But now these maps are law, at least for this election cycle, and that represents progress.

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