Louisiana AG Urges Supreme Court to Reject Map With 2 Black-Majority Congressional Districts

The new filing comes as the high court prepares to rehear a challenge to Louisiana’s electoral map.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill talks with the media in front of the Hale Boggs Federal Building in New Orleans on May 19, 2025. David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File

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.”