Conservative members of the en banc Fifth Circuit appear ready to reverse a lower court order that said Louisiana must show it won’t commit future violations of the Voting Rights Act with maps for its state supreme court.
Louisiana in 1992 agreed to a consent decree after a lawsuit alleged that the districts diluted the strength of Black voters in Orleans Parish, which encompasses New Orleans. The state in 2021 sought to dissolve the decree, but a federal district judge denied the motion, finding that Louisiana didn’t provide evidence it wouldn’t commit similar violations in the future.
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