BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court for the redistricting case.

Murrill announced Wednesday that the state submitted the brief to the Supreme Court after oral arguments.

Louisiana argues that the creation of a second majority-minority congressional district is unconstitutional. They believe that having a race-based redistricting violates the Equal Protection Clause by using "racial stereotypes."

The state also claims that having a race-based districting causes harm to voters, states, and the nation.

“Our Constitution prohibits the sorting of Americans into voting districts based on their skin color – and Louisiana wants no part of that abhorrent system. We have made this argument for years, but the federal

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