Louisiana

Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act

2025-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

The Supreme Court took the extraordinary step of expanding the legal questions in Louisiana v. Callais (Nos. 24-109, 24-110), ordering supplemental briefs on whether creating majority-minority districts to remedy Voting Rights Act violations violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments. The …

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SCOTUS: Plaintiffs lack standing in social-media coercion case (Murthy v. Missouri)

2024-06-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 26, 2024, that neither state nor individual plaintiffs established standing to enjoin federal officials over alleged coercion of social-media platforms. Justice Barrett’s majority opinion found plaintiffs failed to show government actions caused platforms to …

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