U.S. Supreme Court reinstates Louisiana electoral map faulted for racial bias

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a Republican-drawn map of Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts that had been blocked by a judge who found that it likely discriminates against Black voters.

The justices granted a request by Louisiana's Republican secretary of state to put on hold U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's injunction requiring a new map that has a second district where Black voters represent the majority of voters rather than just one in the version adopted by the Republican-led state legislature.

The nine-member court's three liberal justices dissented from the decision. Democrats control the U.S. House by a slim margin, making every seat vital in the Republican attempt to win back a majority in November's midterm elections. Calling evidence presented by Black voters who challenged the map "stronger," the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on June 12 had refused to reinstate the Republican-drawn districts.

The Supreme Court also decided to take up the Louisiana dispute and hold it for their eventual ruling in a similar case from Alabama that the justices have already agreed to hear that could further weaken the Voting Rights Act. That landmark 1965 federal law for decades has been used to counter racially biased actions in voting and drawing electoral districts.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-reinstates-louisiana-electoral-map-faulted-racial-bias-2022-06-28/

[canuckledragger]

1. Boy, they're realy going for broke now and not hiding their racism anymore.

[Rebl2]

10. That's for sure

[dalton99a]

2. Radical Extremists Disguised As Judges Continue Their Reign of Terror

[njhoneybadger]

3. This is just fucking rediculous now.

Nothing can stop them.

[rurallib]

4. Was this the Taney Court?

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Racing to return to the "Good ol' Days"

[Midnight Writer]

6. This is Shock Strategy. They want to rip off the bandage of equality in a quick jolt.

Once they've put non-believers "in their place", they will go after other institutions, such as public education and regulatory agencies.

They want to tear down our institutions quickly, so the people will "get over it" fast, instead of a drip, drip, drip of outrage that will build to a boiling point.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes a judicial blitzkrieg.

It will be over before we know what has hit us.

[Marthe48]

7. suddenly the U.S. was overthrown by an unelected

tribunal of 6 r.w. power-mad people in robes.

I think the time is past to rein them in.

[madaboutharry]

8. This time in history...

will be known as The Supreme Court’s Reign of Terror.

[Stallion]

11. SCOTUS Reversing 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is Frightening

its bad enough dealing with the crap coming out of that Circuit-the most conservative in the Country

[Dustlawyer]

16. +1!

[okaawhatever]

18. My thoughts exactly. After I read the 5th Circuit sentence

I immediately reread that paragraph. I was certain SCOTUS wouldn’t overturn the 5th Circuit.

[Polybius]

12. 5-4 or 6-3?

Article didn't say.

[former9thward]

13. It was 6-3

[BumRushDaShow]

15. This is convoluted in that

they have put original map back by reversing the Appeals Court ruling (6-3), putting any new maps on hold until a similar case is decided next term. Some more info here - https://www.npr.org/2022/06/28/1108370498/louisiana-redistricting-supreme-court-lawsuit

Ruling here - https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062822zr1_9ol1.pdf

[DavidDvorkin]

17. "It's not a bug. It's a feature!"