Supreme Court Blocks Another Republican Attempt to Weaken the Voting Rights Act

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Supreme Court Blocks Another Republican Attempt to Weaken the Voting Rights Act

This marks the next step toward fair maps in Louisiana

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States returned Galmon v. Ardoin, a Republican appeal similar in nature to Allen v. Milligan, to the district court for resumption of the remedial process following the district court’s imposition of a preliminary injunction, enjoining the state’s congressional map. This is the next step toward fair maps for Louisiana voters.

The petitioners in the case had asked the Supreme Court to reconsider a federal district court order that blocked the use of Louisiana’s congressional map, which was held to likely violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and required the immediate redraw of the state’s congressional map to contain two districts that allow Black voters to elect their candidate of choice. The Supreme Court had previously held off deciding the case until it decided Allen v. Milligan. 

In response, Marina Jenkins, Executive Director of the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF), released the following statement: 

“Black voters in Louisiana deserve a congressional map that provides them an equal opportunity to participate in the state’s political process. This means two of the state’s six districts where they can elect their candidate of choice, instead of just one. Gerrymandering has been denying Black Louisianans fair representation—but that is about to change.” 

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