Judge Leslie Southwick testifies during his confirmation hearing. | Getty Images The Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change. Last Friday, a…
A federal appeals court says the Louisiana legislature should get one last chance to revise its congressional district map before a constitutional challenge to the current plan moves forward. A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously decided Friday to give the state a deadline of January 15, 2024 to decide whether to make changes.
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Louisiana is among multiple states still wrangling over congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act.
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