Mother Jones argues that a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act has enabled efforts to redraw Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional districts, putting Rep. Cleo Fields’ seat at risk and threatening Black representation. Fields announced he would retire after the new map targeted his district.
President whose 2024 vote share is cited in describing Fields’ redrawn district and whose statements and orders are discussed
ALSO MENTIONED Carl Schurz, Senator quoted on the national government’s role in protecting civil rights; Charles Edmund Nash, Reconstruction-era Representative whose election and defeat are discussed; Elena Kagan, Supreme Court justice whose dissent is quoted in criticism of the ruling; Gary Carter Jr., Louisiana state senator who responded to Fields’ testimony; Henry Clay Warmoth, Reconstruction-era Louisiana governor described as pursuing economic development; James Garfield, Ohio Representative quoted in the article’s account of the House refusing to seat Menard; Jeff Landry, Louisiana governor who suspended the House primaries; John Roberts, Chief Justice whose court decisions the article criticizes; John Willis Menard, Reconstruction-era congressional candidate whose election and denial of a seat are discussed; Samuel Alito, Supreme Court justice whose opinion is cited in the article’s discussion of the ruling
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President whose 2024 vote share is cited in describing Fields’ redrawn district and whose statements and orders are discussed
ALSO MENTIONED Carl Schurz, Senator quoted on the national government’s role in protecting civil rights; Charles Edmund Nash, Reconstruction-era Representative whose election and defeat are discussed; Elena Kagan, Supreme Court justice whose dissent is quoted in criticism of the ruling; Gary Carter Jr., Louisiana state senator who responded to Fields’ testimony; Henry Clay Warmoth, Reconstruction-era Louisiana governor described as pursuing economic development; James Garfield, Ohio Representative quoted in the article’s account of the House refusing to seat Menard; Jeff Landry, Louisiana governor who suspended the House primaries; John Roberts, Chief Justice whose court decisions the article criticizes; John Willis Menard, Reconstruction-era congressional candidate whose election and denial of a seat are discussed; Samuel Alito, Supreme Court justice whose opinion is cited in the article’s discussion of the ruling
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