Federal judges order lawmakers to draw new congressional map again

BATON ROUGE - A federal three-judge panel has asked the Louisiana Legislature to draw another congressional map Tuesday, according to the Shreveport Times.The court ruled that the map previously drawn in January was ruled unconstitutional due to “an impermissible racial gerrymander” used to create a second majority Black district among the state's six congressional seats. The court also did not order a second majority Black district be included in a new map.The court also di