Redistricting based on race is unconstitutional, Louisiana’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Aug. 27 in a preview of arguments that the state will make in an important upcoming election law case.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said her state has long argued that the Supreme Court’s “redistricting jurisprudence needs to be drastically changed or overruled.”
“By requiring state legislatures to draw maps that sort voters by race, it forces us to violate the federal Constitution,” she told The Epoch Times.
Murrill’s comments come as the nation’s highest court prepares to rehear Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais on Oct. 15. The court already heard the consolidated cases on March 24 but declined to issue a ruling….
Louisiana AG Urges Supreme Court to Reject Map With 2 Black-Majority Congressional Districts
