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#SCOTUS tosses #Louisiana's long-contested congressional map with second majority Black district amid national #redistricting fight
The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for #Republican-led states to eliminate #Black & #Latino electoral districts that tend to favor #Democrats & affect the balance of #power in #Congress.
#law #gerrymandering #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters
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8 #children between the ages of 1 & 14 are dead after a #MassShooting in #Louisiana, police say
A gunman in Louisiana killed 8 children in domestic-related #shootings at 2 different homes early Sunday, police in #Shreveport said.
The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spox Chris Bordelon. A total of 10 people were shot.
#terrorism #criminal #law #GunControl #GunLaws
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#SCOTUS agreed Friday that #energy companies facing lawsuits over #environmental damage to Louisiana’s #coast from #oil & #gas production can move the challenges from #state courts into friendlier #federal venues.
The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by #Chevron & #ExxonMobil, in their legal battle with #Louisiana state officials over who should pay for the state’s #coastal #erosion. The companies have been supported by the #Trump admin.
“Justice” #ClarenceThomas explained that the #oil company had cleared the bar required to move the case into federal court because the lawsuit dealt with oil production in #Louisiana dating back to WWII, when #Chevron refined crude oil into aviation #gasoline for the #US #military.
He wrote that Chevron had shown that its #wartime production of crude oil related to its wartime aviation-gasoline refining for the military, a #federal priority.
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#SCOTUS Sides With #Oil Companies in #Louisiana #Coastal Lawsuits
The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move #environmental lawsuits out of #state courts, to friendlier #federal venues.
#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #MarineWildlife #FossilFuels #money
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Louisiana has advanced one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country. It would force homeless people to choose between jail and involuntary treatment, make them pay for it, and if they can't pay, force them to perform unpaid labor.
So...slavery. One step closer to #TechnoFeudalism
Which in case you've forgotten, is entirely constitutional as long as you've "commited a crime".
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#Louisiana #slavery #Homeless #veterans #NeoFeudalism
Louisiana advances bill to funnel homeless people into forced treatment and unpaid labor
This bill requires homeless people to pay for the very treatment they are forced into. And if the person cannot pay the cost of treatment, this bill requires them to perform unpaid labor for the government or a community organization to pay off their…Sam Hozian (Housing Not Handcuffs)
Seriously messed up
#Louisiana #GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an #exonerated man
A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark #election in #NewOrleans promising to fix a #judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry & the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.
#law #NOLA #USpol #LApol #Republicans
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These pictures are so cool. Like many, I’ve always wanted to poke around #SixFlagsNola, but was too scared of what I would find 😬
cc: @noladon
