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Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-150x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court" title="Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-570x570.jpeg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-500x500.jpeg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the state’s population is Black. The map was challenged in federal court as a dilution of the votes of...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/effort-to-block-second-majority-black-district-in-louisiana-comes-to-supreme-court/">Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 8 min read
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Trump: ‘I love King Charles’

If there’s one thing U.S. President Donald Trump can’t resist, it’s attention from royalty. “I Love King Charles,” Trump wrote in a post on his…

mingooland · · 2 min read
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Court rules for former Chicago alderman on “false statement” charges

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Court rules for former Chicago alderman on “false statement” charges" title="Court rules for former Chicago alderman on “false statement” charges" style="float:right;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-3-570x570.jpg 570w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-3-500x500.jpg 500w, https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/supremecourt-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago that upheld the conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson, who served four months in a federal prison for making false statements to bank regulators about loans that he took out...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/court-rules-for-former-chicago-alderman-on-false-statement-charges/">Court rules for former Chicago alderman on “false statement” charges</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 5 min read
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The morning read for Friday, March 21

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Friday, March 21" title="The morning read for Friday, March 21" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />The court released two opinions this morning. In Delligatti v. United States, the court ruled against a former associate of the Genovese crime family that an attempted murder-for-hire was a violent crime eligible for a firearms sentencing enhancement under federal law. And in Thompson v....</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-friday-march-21/">The morning read for Friday, March 21</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 1 min read
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Announcement of opinions for Friday, March 21 (complete)

<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Banner190626-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Announcement of opinions for Friday, March 21 (complete)" title="Announcement of opinions for Friday, March 21 (complete)" style="float:right;" decoding="async" />On Friday, March 21, we were live as the court released opinions in Delligatti v. United States and Thompson v. United States.  Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.    </p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/announcement-of-opinions-for-friday-march-21/">Announcement of opinions for Friday, March 21 (complete)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 1 min read
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Court Restrains INEC from Receiving Petition to Recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

<p>A Federal High Court in Lokoja has halted INEC from receiving any recall petition against Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan,</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.arise.tv/court-restrains-inec-from-receiving-petition-to-recall-senator-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan/">Court Restrains INEC from Receiving Petition to Recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.arise.tv">Arise News</a>.</p>

mingooland · · 2 min read
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