Judges Tell Louisiana Lawmakers to Draw up New Congressional Map or Court Will Impose One by Tom Ozimek – US Politics News

Federal judges who recently rejected Louisiana’s congressional election map that gave the state a second mostly black district have now ordered the state Legislature to pass a new map by June 3 or face the prospect that judges will simply impose one.
In an order filed on May 7 at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, three judges wrote that they would begin putting together their own version of a congressional map while giving Louisiana lawmakers a chance to come up with their own version by the deadline.
“The Court notes that the Louisiana Legislature is in session through June 3, 2024, and this Court provides it with the opportunity to enact a new Congressional map during that time period,” the judges wrote….