La. A.G. Murrill Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Callais Case
December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2024:
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"Today, my office filed our opening Supreme Court brief defending S.B. 8, Louisiana's congressional district map. S.B. 8 is our Legislature's good-faith attempt to navigate an area of the law that Justice Kavanaugh has called "notoriously unclear and confusing" and Justice Alito has called a "legal obstacle course . . .
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"Today, my office filed our opening Supreme Court brief defending S.B. 8, Louisiana's congressional district map. S.B. 8 is our Legislature's good-faith attempt to navigate an area of the law that Justice Kavanaugh has called "notoriously unclear and confusing" and Justice Alito has called a "legal obstacle course . . .