ANSWER: Summary judgment occurs when a judge decides a specific issue, sometimes the entire case, and that decision does not require a full trial. It is a decision made by a judge that is based on sworn statements and evidence without going to trial. It is a final decision by a judge designed to resolve a lawsuit before trial.

The case that would have determined whether one of the state's two majority-Black congressional districts was a racial gerrymander has been tabled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

Louisiana state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who flirted for months with the idea of running for New Orleans mayor but bowed out of the race in January, abruptly reversed that decision on Sunday evening, announcing he would enter the contest just days before the official qualifying deadline.

A new item of business concerning early voting sites caused tension among Caddo Parish commissioners during this week's work session.

The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map last year that created a second majority-Black district. In a surprise […]

Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring racial discrimination in voting, and whether the state relied too heavily on race in devising a remedial map adding a second Black-majority district.

The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

The Supreme Court ordered further arguments over Louisiana's congressional map that created a second majority-Black district.

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