On Tuesday, judges in the Western District Court of Louisiana set a June 17 hearing to determine whether the newly elected congressional map meets the requirements of Louisiana v. Callais. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Courtroom 1 of the United States Courthouse in Shreveport.

Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map on Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats.

The new congressional map splits Terrebonne, with part of the parish represented by Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise and the other by Rep. Clay Higgins.

Spurred by a watershed Supreme Court ruling last month that weakened the Voting Rights Act, Republican leaders have created a new map that eliminates one majority-Black, Democratic-leaning district.

A federal court has scheduled a hearing to review Louisiana’s new congressional map.

The NAACP Louisiana State Conference said the newly approved congressional map weakens minority representation

Caddo Commissioner Greg Young said he plans to keep reintroducing his resolution opposing Louisiana's new congressional district map until it passes.

The new voting map is one step away from passing the Legislature after another marathon debate in which Democrats criticized the elimination of a majority-Black seat.

The Louisiana House has approved the latest version of a congressional redistricting map after the previous map was struck down by the U.S. Supreme