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Louisiana asks Supreme Court to overturn major redistricting precedent

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is pressing the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that race cannot be used in drawing election maps, a move that could upend how districts are drawn across the country.

Murrill, in her brief filed Wednesday, says requiring legislatures to create majority-minority districts – where Black or Hispanic voters make up most of the population – violate…

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