JURIST
MAY 25, 2024
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Friday signed a bill that reclassifies two abortion-inducing drugs as Schedule IV controlled substances. The governor’s approval of Senate Bill 276 makes Louisiana the first state in the US to classify the two drugs, Mifepristone and Misoprostol, as controlled substances.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
Louisiana’s political landscape faces a critical deadline as a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday set a January 15 deadline for the state legislature to draw up a new congressional map. The post US appeals court sets date for Louisiana to draw new congressional map appeared first on JURIST - News.
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JURIST
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
A federal judge in Louisiana struck down Louisiana state House and Senate districting maps Thursday for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and diluting Black voter power in the gulf state. ” Ultimately, the court rejected Ardoin’s arguments as being the same as the one recently rejected in Allen. .”
HowAppealing
MAY 15, 2024
“Louisiana will have 2 Black majority districts for fall elections, US Supreme Court decides”: Mark Ballard of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “ Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress.”
JURIST
MAY 16, 2024
The US Supreme Court issued a stay order Wednesday blocking a lower court decision that would have prevented using a newly drawn Louisiana congressional district map that includes two majority black districts in the six-district state. For reference, the election that warranted court action in Purcell was only five weeks away.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) violated the US Constitution’s First Amendment when it tweeted several posts that were not “germane” to the legal profession.
JURIST
JUNE 26, 2023
The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v. Robinson , unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. As in Alabama, the people of Louisiana have the law on their side and the facts on their side.
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