WASHINGTON − Louisiana last year sent two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in almost three decades under a congressional ... The map included only one majority Black district ...

Allen in Alabama and Pendergrass v. Raffensperger in Georgia, the plaintiffs have argued that the states' redrawn congressional district maps violate section two of the Voting Rights Act ...

Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a ...

States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not ...

The federal government had previously claimed those maps dilute ... before a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a separate case over Georgia's congressional and state legislative ...

At issue is Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map ... Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. All are navigating similar legal battles over minority representation and compliance with the Voting Rights Act.

It will hear a challenge to the current congressional district map on March 24. In Georgia, the fight to add a new majority-Black district was more straightforward but had mixed results. In response ...