A panel of federal judges said Tuesday that it won’t force Louisiana to use an old congressional district map in 2026 that the US Supreme Court ruled was racially gerrymandered.
The ruling against advocacy groups and Black voters who sought to use the old map in this year’s elections was based on the facts of the case, “the current status of Louisiana’s congressional elections, the procedural posture of this case,” and the Supreme Court’s April decision, the three-page order said.
The US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana refused to stay its own decision after Gov. ...