Judge rejects Black lawmakers' attempt to force AG Murrill to defend Louisiana's congressional maps
A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit Black state lawmakers filed to force Attorney General Liz Murrill to resume defending the state’s congressional districts currently being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus filed a suit last month in 19th Judicial District Court to allege Murrill is not upholding her constitutional duty to defend laws the legislature passes. She is instead arguing against the constitutionality of the congressional district map lawmakers approved last year in order to advance Republican political interests, according to the filing.
After previously defending the map, Murrill effectively switched sides and joined the white voters who challenged the map once their case was scheduled for new arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Murrill argued the Black Caucus lawsuit was inappropriate, and that the lawmakers had no standing to file it.
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