Arrr! The high sea judges be squabblin’ ‘bout Louisiana’s treasure map, huntin’ for a second black crew’s territory!
2025-03-26
Arrr, matey! The Supreme Court, like a bunch o' landlubbers, be ponderin’ if a Louisiana map with two black districts be a fine way to obey the Voting Rights Act or a scallywag's trick! Aye, ‘tis a tussle ‘twixt keepin’ votes afloat and not drownin’ ‘em in murky waters!
Ahoy me hearties! Gather 'round and lend yer ears, fer I be tellin' ye a tale from the landlubber courts, where the Supreme Court be weighin' matters as heavy as a treasure chest! The fine folk of Louisiana be ponderin’ a new congressional map, one that be sportin’ not one, but two districts where the majority be black—an endeavor not seen in decades, I tell ye!But here’s the rub, mateys! Is this here map a noble quest to uphold the sacred Voting Rights Act, or be it a scallywag’s trick, a dastardly deed to gerrymander the good folk of the land? The court be caught between two mighty currents—Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which be demandin’ no harm be done to the voting powers of the jolly minority, and the grand 14th Amendment, which be watchin’ over the rights of all. Aye, a right pickle they find themselves in!
So, as the gavel be bangin' and the justices scratch their noggins, we be left wonderin’ if the map be fair winds or treacherous seas. Let’s hoist the sails and see where this legal ship be bound, for the fate of many be hangin’ in the balance like a pirate's booty!