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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Justices nix 2nd mostly Black district in Louisiana for 2022

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power.

With the three liberal justices dissenting, the high court short-circuited an order from a federal judge to create a second majority Black congressional district in Louisiana.

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