Nearly 40 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Thornburg v. Gingles (1986), requiring states to consider race when drawing districts under the Voting Rights Act. That decision set in motion a deeply flawed standard, one that still binds states like Louisiana to an unworkable and unjust framework.

Today, nearly four decades later, that federal mandate continues to tie our hands, locking us into a system that penalizes states regardless of the path we choose. A system where racial quotas take precedence over fairness, local governance, and common sense.

Louisiana is no longer willing to play by those rules.

Under my leadership, and in partnership with Attorney General Liz Murrill, Louisiana is standing up – for our Constitution, for our citizens, and for the principles

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