The case has been widely watched, not just because it could produce an additional Democratic House seat, but because the Fifth Circuit’s actions are seen as a challenge to the high court’s authority.
On Thursday, however, the justices, without explanation or noted dissent, declined to block a highly unusual legal maneuver by the Fifth Circuit that could prevent the creation of a second majority Black district in time for the 2024 election.
But in a concurrence, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote to “emphasize” that “nothing in our decision not to summarily reverse the Fifth Circuit should be taken to endorse the practice” used by the appeals court to delay the redistricting process “in these or similar circumstances.”
Say what you will about our justice system, at least it always does a good job of explaining itself to us lowly commoners /s
Corruption runs abound in Louisiana.
You’re being redundant. Louisiana has always been corrupt as fuck.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Thursday, however, the justices, without explanation or noted dissent, declined to block a highly unusual legal maneuver by the Fifth Circuit that could prevent the creation of a second majority Black district in time for the 2024 election.
But in a concurrence, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote to “emphasize” that “nothing in our decision not to summarily reverse the Fifth Circuit should be taken to endorse the practice” used by the appeals court to delay the redistricting process “in these or similar circumstances.”
Thursday’s decision was a turnaround for the high court, which, in a similar case in June, ordered the state of Alabama to draw a second competitive district for Black voters.
Following that decision, the justices ordered Louisiana to go ahead with its efforts to draw a new map that would comply with the rules set down in the Alabama case.
The Louisiana redistricting dispute centers on the fact that, as of now, the congressional map appears to mirror the racial vote dilution that the Supreme Court found to be illegal in Alabama.
The status quo is that the trial court, has found that the existing map drawn by the legislature likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
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