We’re awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about how to draw congressional maps that may bring Chief Justice John Roberts’ final blow against a Voting Rights Act he already weakened. But in the meantime, the Louisiana Legislature has been engaged in an even more transparent attempt to diminish Black political strength. In November, 68% of voters in the majority-Black city of New Orleans chose as clerk of criminal district court Calvin Duncan, a jailhouse lawyer who was imprisoned for 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit. In what is the first legislative session since
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