Supreme Court Orders Louisiana Electoral Map Case To Be Argued Again
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The unusual one-sentence order was unsigned and indicated the court's scheduling for the argument would be forthcoming.
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to rule in a dispute involving a Louisiana electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in the state, with the justices ordering the case to be argued again.
State officials and civil rights groups have appealed a lower court’s ruling that found the map laying out Louisiana’s six U.S. House of Representatives districts - with two Black-majority districts, up from one previously - violated the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection.
Friday’s unusual one-sentence order was unsigned and indicated that the Supreme Court’s scheduling for the argument would be forthcoming, as would any additional questions the court may ask the parties to address. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s decision against deciding the matter now.
The court heard arguments in the dispute on March 24.
The map prompted a challenge by non-Black voters. The state and the rights groups are seeking to preserve the map.
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