Johnson to GOP Lawmakers in Louisiana: Ignore Court Order to Draw Black District

United States Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, is urging GOP legislators in his home state to continue fighting against a federal court ruling that the state’s congressional maps are unconstitutional and violate the voting rights of Black residents. That court order, which was upheld by an appellate court in November, requires the legislature to redraw its maps to…

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