Reuters: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday opted not to intervene in a legal fight over Louisiana’s disputed map of its six congressional districts, potentially delaying the adoption of one to replace a Republican-crafted version that a judge found unlawfully diluted the clout of Black voters.
The Black voters and civil rights activists who challenged that map had asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s order that has blocked U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick from proceeding on choosing a replacement map for Louisiana’s U.S. House of Representatives districts.
But the Supreme Court turned down the request, leaving uncertainty over the timing of a replacement map that may include a second majority-Black congressional district – a feature that would benefit Democrats as they seek next year to take back control of the House from Republicans.”