The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning on Louisiana’s congressional map that could have a profound effect on the Voting Rights Act across the country. At issue is the creation of the state’s second majority Black congressional district that is occupied by Democrat Cleo Fields Janai Nelson, the head of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, said the creation of those districts is perfectly legal.
Cut 3 (11) “…process is constitutional.”
But Ben Aguinaga, a former law clerk for Justice Samuel Alito, argued for the State of Louisiana that the current congressional map is not.
Cut 5 (11) “…their voting strength.”
A ruling from the U-S Supreme Court is expected sometime next year.
Baton Rouge Police have charged a 16-year-old with two counts of first-degree attempted murder in connection with Saturday night’s shooting on the LSU campus that wounded two people. Lt. L’ Jean McKNeely says not only was there a football game at Tigers Stadium, but many people were also on campus for an unsanctioned event that was canceled by university officials. McKneely says as they were moving the crowd off campus, shots were fired.
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McKneely says thanks to the public’s help and good detective work they were able to identify the shooter as a 16-year-old male, who was booked into he East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention Center on Tuesday.
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is issuing an urgent warning about green fentanyl. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says just like regular fentanyl, one dose of green fentanyl equivalent to just two grains of salt is enough to kill you.