{"id":2073279,"date":"2023-10-19T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-civil-rights-groups-bid-to-challenge-louisianas-gop-drawn-map\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:51:54","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-civil-rights-groups-bid-to-challenge-louisianas-gop-drawn-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-civil-rights-groups-bid-to-challenge-louisianas-gop-drawn-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court denies civil rights groups&#8217; challenge to Louisiana&#8217;s GOP-drawn map."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-civil-rights-groups-bid-to-challenge-louisianas-gop-drawn-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2073279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Supreme Court Rejects Request \u2063to Oversee Drawing\u2062 of \u2063New Congressional Map \u2063in Louisiana<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court has denied a federal judge in Louisiana the authority to oversee the creation of a new\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cook-political-report-delivers-more-bad-news-for-ny-dems\/\" title=\"Cook Political Report Delivers More Bad News For NY Dems\">state congressional map<\/a> for the \u200cupcoming general election. This decision comes after civil rights\u200c groups argued that the current Republican-drawn map unfairly disadvantages black voters and potentially violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits racial discrimination in \u200bvoting.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Samuel Alito referred the request\u2062 to the full court, and the decision was unanimous. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson concurred, stating\u2062 that while \u200bthe court&#8217;s decision does not endorse the \u2063use of an extraordinary writ of mandamus in these circumstances, it\u200c does not reverse the Fifth Circuit&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling upholds the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th \u200dCircuit&#8217;s decision to block U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick from holding a\u200d hearing on implementing \u200da court-ordered map. However,\u2063 it&#8217;s important to note that a\u2063 separate but similar issue is still pending\u200c at the appeals court, meaning the Supreme \u200bCourt&#8217;s decision is not final.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Dick&#8217;s \u200bpreliminary \u200binjunction had instructed the Louisiana legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, to create two House districts where black voters would be \u200cthe majority. This order was seen as potentially benefiting \u2064Democrats in their\u200d bid to regain control of the\u2063 House in the upcoming congressional election.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous gerrymandering case in Alabama,\u2062 the Supreme Court ruled against a Republican-drawn map that had been accused of diluting the voting\u2063 power of \u2063black voters. The court affirmed the lower court&#8217;s decision \u2064that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-civil-rights-groups-bid-to-challenge-louisianas-gop-drawn-map\/\" title=\"Supreme Court denies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-may-charge-some-capitol-rioters-under-rico-racketeering-law\/\" title=\"DOJ May Charge Some Capitol Rioters Under RICO Racketeering Law\">civil rights groups<\/a>&#8216; challenge to Louisiana&#8217;s GOP-drawn map.&#8221;>map unlawfully \u2063prevented black voters<\/a> from electing candidates of their choice by not creating two majority-black districts.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u2062the concerns raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-biden-administration-border-policy-limiting-access-to-illegal-immigrants-seeking-asylum\/\" title=\"Judge halts Biden's border policy restricting asylum for illegal immigrants.\">civil \u2062rights groups<\/a> regarding the current Republican-drawn \u2064map in Louisiana and its impact on black voters?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Supreme Court&#8217;s recent decision to reject\u2064 a\u2064 federal judge&#8217;s request\u2064 to oversee the drawing of a new congressional map in Louisiana has sparked\u200b controversy and concern among civil rights groups. These groups argue that the current Republican-drawn \u200cmap \u2062unfairly \u200cdisadvantages black voters and potentially violates \u2062the Voting Rights Act\u200c of 1965, which prohibits \u2062racial discrimination in voting.<\/p>\n<p>The request was referred to \u2064the full court by Justice Samuel Alito, and the \u200cdecision was unanimous. Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson concurred, stating that while the court&#8217;s decision does not endorse the extraordinary writ of mandamus in these circumstances, it does not reverse the Fifth\u200d Circuit&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling upholds the U.S. Court of Appeals \u2064for the\u2064 5th Circuit&#8217;s decision \u2062to block U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick from holding\u200b a hearing on implementing a \u2063court-ordered map. However, it&#8217;s important to note that a \u200bseparate but\u2063 similar issue is still pending at the \u200cappeals court, meaning the Supreme\u2063 Court&#8217;s \u2062decision is not final.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Dick&#8217;s preliminary injunction had\u2064 instructed the Louisiana legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, to\u200d create two House districts\u200c where black voters would be the majority. This order was seen as potentially benefiting Democrats in their \u2062bid\u2064 to\u200b regain control of the House in the upcoming\u200b congressional \u2062election.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision brings to mind a previous \u2062gerrymandering\u200d case in Alabama, where the court ruled against a Republican-drawn map \u2064that had been accused of diluting the voting\u2062 power of black voters. In that case, the court agreed with the lower court&#8217;s \u200bdecision\u2064 that the map unlawfully\u200c prevented black voters from electing candidates of their choice by not creating two majority-black districts.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b denial of\u2063 the request\u2063 to oversee the drawing\u2064 of a \u200dnew congressional map in Louisiana raises questions about the integrity \u2063of the election process and\u200c the protection of minority voting rights. Civil rights groups will undoubtedly continue to \u200bfight for fair representation \u200band equal voting \u200bopportunities, and the outcome\u2064 of \u200cthe pending appeals court case will\u200d be closely watched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court denied a federal judge in Louisiana the authority to supervise the creation of a new state congressional map for the upcoming general election. 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