Black voters and liberal groups asked the Supreme Court on May 8 to intervene in the racially tinged fight over the congressional map in Republican-dominated Louisiana.
The decision the court makes could have nationwide ramifications given Republicans’ razor-thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Louisiana is home to Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both Republicans.
The emergency application (pdf) in Robinson v. Callais was directed to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Justice Alito may rule on the application himself, or he may refer it to the full court. Co-applicants are the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP and the New Orleans-based Power Coalition for Equity and Justice. Among the co-counsels for the co-applicants are the ACLU Foundation and the New Orleans-based Louisiana Justice Institute….
