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• Se la camera dello stato approvasse il disegno di legge, la mappa ridisegnata potrebbe dare ai Repubblicani dello stato una maggioranza congressuale di 5-1 • Giovedì, il senato dello stato della Louisiana ha votato 27-10 per approvare una nuova mappa congressuale che eliminerebbe uno dei due distretti della Camera a maggioranza nera dello stato. La mappa risultante potrebbe dare ai Repubblicani della Louisiana una maggioranza congressuale di 5-1. • La recente decisione della Corte Suprema in Louisiana v Callais, un caso incentrato sulle mappe congressuali dello stato, ha gravemente indebolito il Voting Rights Act (VRA). Le conseguenze della decisione sono state immediate, con diversi altri stati del sud che hanno convocato sessioni speciali per approvare mappe di ridistrettazione che limitino il potere di voto della popolazione nera.

• Louisiana has halted an active election in order to eliminate Black-majority congressional districts, prompting immediate legal challenges from Democratic groups and voting rights advocates. • The state's decision to pause the election for redistricting purposes has sparked a flurry of court filings and procedural motions as Democrats fight to block the gerrymandered map changes. • The case represents a critical battleground in the nationwide redistricting wars heading into the 2026 midterm elections, with implications for minority voting power across multiple states.

Future of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclearLouisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday.A temporary restraining order did allow the exoneree, Calvin Duncan, to take office as scheduled Monday as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse – though it remained unclear how long his tenure may prove to be. Continue reading...

After Calvin Duncan served 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit, he won an election to serve as criminal court clerk. But now the office might be shut downA man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana’s governor, Jeff Landry, and the Republican-controlled state legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote last November to become the Orleans parish clerk of criminal court after pledging to reform the justice system based on his own experience fighting to access court records while in maximum security prison. Continue reading...

Esmail Khatib said to be third senior Iranian figure killed in 24 hours as Israel authorises military to kill targeted officialsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael claimed on Wednesday to have killed a third senior Iranian figure in 24 hours, stating that its forces had “eliminated” Tehran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an overnight strike.If confirmed, his death would follow those of Ali Larijani, the head of the supreme national security apparatus, and the commander of the Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani. Continue reading...