NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Trial Set to Begin in Case to Defend Louisiana Congressional Map With Two Majority-Black Districts
April 09, 2024
April 09, 2024
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 9 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on April 8, 2023:
A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreverport, La. The case being heard, Callais v. Landry, will determine the fate of Louisiana's congressional map. The original map enacted in 2022 included only one majori . . .
A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreverport, La. The case being heard, Callais v. Landry, will determine the fate of Louisiana's congressional map. The original map enacted in 2022 included only one majori . . .