Federal court throws out new Louisiana Congressional map, says it's a racial gerrymander

MONROE, La. (BRPROUD) — A panel of three federal judges agreed to throw out the new Louisiana Congressional district map adopted by the Legislature earlier this year.

In their judgement, they wrote that the map, which was designed to create a second majority-Black district to meet requirements set by a federal court order does not meet Equal Protection Clause requirements. They called the current layout an "impermissible racial gerrymander."

Plaintiffs argued that the new map was drawn with race as the predominant factor...