Breaking news into CNN.
The Supreme Court is allowing Louisiana
to redraw its congressional map.
A very real and immediate result
from the justices.
Surprise opinion against Alabama
just a few weeks ago.
CNN's Manu Raju, Jessica Schneider
joining us now.
So, Jessica,
walk us through what just came down
Well, Kate,
this is actually the Supreme Court
sending this dispute
over Louisiana's congressional maps
back down to the lower courts.
What's likely to happen
in the lower courts
is that the court should order
these maps to be withdrawn.
And this is significant
because this is yet another voting map
that's been disputed by black voters
as being a violation
of the Voting Rights Act
and the Supreme Court
acting to change the way
these maps are drawn.
Because remember, earlier this month,
the Supreme Court ordered Alabama
congressional maps to be withdrawn.
So now they're ruling
that a lower court must retake up a case
about a Louisiana map
that was similarly disputed
as violating the voting rights Act,
because in particular,
these Louisiana maps,
they currently only
have one out of six voting
districts, congressional districts
that are majority black.
And the argument here
is that black voters make up
3% of the state's population.
So there should be more voting districts
that are majority black.
So, Kate,
when the lower Kate, Kate,
lower court looks at this case,
they'll likely order
the maps
to be with
to be redrawn
in accordance
with the Supreme Court's decisions.
What you're looking at right now
are old maps that were drawn
by Republicans.
Presumably,
both of these maps will be thrown out
despite the fact that they were used
in the 20, 22 election and then redrawn
in better accordance
with the Supreme Court's decision
in that Alabama case.
The Supreme Court
specifically saying here
the reason
they're sending it
back to the lower courts
to redraw these maps
so they won't look anything
like what you're looking at
now is to get ready
for the 2024 election.
So what we're seeing is this
cascade of opinions
resulting from the Supreme Court
upholding section
two of the Voting Rights Act
and really allowing minorities
other people who feel
that they've been unfairly disadvantaged
when it comes to voting
because of congressional maps.
It's allowing them
more of a chance
to take these fights to court
and get these maps
eventually redrawn, as we're seeing
now here in Louisiana
and previously in Alabama. Kate.
Yeah, this fight in
over the Louisiana maps have been on hold
until they could figure out
what was going to be decided in Alabama.
Very real and quick,
as you say, a cascade of opinions
coming from the Supreme Court.
And we'll have a very real
and potentially
quick cascading impact on Capitol Hill,
which is where money Roger is
standing by for us.
So money,
this decision means a new black
majority district,
a majority black district
will very likely be drawn in Louisiana
as well as this
we've been talking about
for the past couple of weeks in Alabama.
What does that mean on Capitol Hill?
Yeah, it could be more Democratic seats.
We do expect in the aftermath of that
Alabama seat that that will very likely
could be filled.
A Democrat
could fill them in the aftermath of that
Alabama ruling, adding one more Democrat
to the delegation in Alabama,
here in Louisiana.
That is the expectation as well.
Currently, there's one Democrat
in that House delegation.
We expect that as a result
of this ruling,
it could lead to another Democrat.
And this is significant
over in the overall fight
for control of the House.
Remember,
this is a very narrowly divided House
between the Republicans who have control
and Democrats
who are in the minority Democrats.
If they pick up five seats
and that five seats in order
to get back to the House
majority in 20, 24,
if that does turn out,
that these two seats
can now go to the Democratic column.
That, of course, narrows
the majority even further.
Now, that doesn't mean
that it's certain
to flip to the Democrats come 20, 24.
There are other cases in other states
involving redistricting issues
that actually do favor the GOP,
like in North Carolina,
and it is a big question about New York,
which was significant
for flipping
the Republican control of the House
in the last election. What will they do?
What if they redraw the maps in New York?
So of these questions, Kate, as you know,
so significant
to ultimately determining
who controls the power in Washington
and the power in the House.
Kate, Absolutely.
And something that everyone needs
to watch very closely now.
Jessica, thank you.
Want to thank you guys so much.