How the Supreme Court's Louisiana map decision could impact 2024 races

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Published 2024-05-15
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana can use a newly-drawn House map that includes a second district with a majority of Black voters. The decision comes after a lower court recently called the map unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

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All Comments (17)
  • Districting is such BS. Just make big square chunks of a state and those are your districts. Stop with the draw a long skinny line three hundred miles long with four people in it.
  • Just so you all know... ALL 435 seats are up for reelection this year.....Louisiana has Mike Johnson, who needs to go...
  • @amcf1
    The redeemers won't stop wasting tax payers $$$ to hold on to power.
  • @jukebox1096
    If there is a third of the population, of a certain race it should get a third of thr voting map
  • @retired4365
    😂😂 Silly human ways to one up your fellow human. 😂😂
  • @Clocktize5
    Wow! Legally mandated Gerrymandering! My favorite!
  • @ritasics1903
    It really doesn't matter how you divide the state the black voters are too smart to vote for Brandon!
  • Blablabla what is the result out of that? Terrible Reporter🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
  • @pamelaphillips
    DEI is getting you nowhere. But do have fun. 😂😂😂👍
  • @RhumpleOriginal
    Taxation with representation but the representation needs to be mathing your skin tone? Wut?
  • The Sovereign when you understand that nothing has color until the sun gives it a frequent reflection before the sun rises everything is black as the sun rises you start to see the order of colors emerge on the horizon