A federal judge recently ordered the Louisiana legislature to draw a new Congressional district map that includes a new majority-Black district to accommodate the Bayou State’s sizable population of Black voters. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) thinks there’s a way around it. Newly elected Republican Governor Jeff Landry recently convened a special session for the legislature to submit a new map that includes the new district. According to the Shreveport Times, however, Johnson is urging lawmakers in his home state to simply ignore the judge’s ruling and keep the current maps, which h…
