April 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Louisiana's newly drawn congressional map Wednesday, saying it relied too heavily on race.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a group of Black Louisiana voters in their defense of a voting map that added a second Black-majority congressional ​district in the state.

The lower court found that the map was guided too much by racial considerations in violation of the constitutional promise of equal protection under the law.

The lower court found that the map was guided too much by racial considerations in violation of the constitutional promise of equal protection under the law.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana, ruling that the state's second black-majority district violates the Constitution.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday weakened a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black congressional district i...

The Supreme Court issued a major ruling Wednesday preserving but tightening the use of the Voting Rights Act, saying states should be more careful when they draw districts intended to boost the voting