The Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 election to increase blacks’ voting power. When the three Liberal judges disagreed, the Supreme Court short-circuited an order from a federal judge to establish a black congressional district with a second majority in Louisiana. The …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Judges blocked a temporary abortion ban on Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect immediately as the fight over whether women can quit pregnancies, moved from the country’s highest level. the right to courthouses around the …
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That fall of Roe v. Wade moved the abortion battlefield to courthouses around the country on Monday as one side quickly sought to enforce state-wide bans and the other sought to stop or at least postpone such measures. Much of the court’s activity on Monday focused on “trigger laws, “ adopted in 13 states which …
An abortion rights activist is holding a bar during nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court ruling proposing the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights at Duncan Plaza in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 14, 2022. Kathleen Flynn | Reuters Judges in Louisiana and Utah on Monday temporarily blocked a …
In a reversal for President Biden, a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday agreed to reconsider its own April decision that allowed the administration to demand that federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The new ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans dismisses an earlier decision by a …
A woman said she received an obscene exposure at a music festival in Winnfield, Louisiana, earlier this month to wear a crop top and shorts, the Shreveport Times reported. Casey LaCaze-Lachney showed off the alleged outfit, a black crop top and denim shorts, in a TikTok video to his followers. In response, the Winnfield Police …
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Jaylon Ferguson, who set an FBS record for career layoffs while at Louisiana Tech and then played the past three seasons in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, is dead. He was 26. Police said Wednesday that the cause of death has not yet been determined. “On June 21, 2022, at approximately 11:25 p.m., Northern …
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will testify at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to investigate offshore energy development in federal waters and leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in the Dirksen Senate office building on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty pictures Governor John …
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a rare anti-abortion Democrat, signed two laws last week aiming at abortion ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade. One of the new measures prohibits doctors from prescribing medication abortions over the phone or online, which requires patients to personally go to a provider and take the …
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“On the Road with Steve Hartman: Dear Dad” – CBS News Watch CBS News Steve Hartman hosts a special 30-minute episode, featuring stories that celebrate dads and paternal figures everywhere. In “On The Road: Dear Dad,” Hartman introduces us to a group of dads who stopped violence at a Louisiana high school; a college football …