Order for Louisiana to redraw US House districts put on hold

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has put on hold a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw U.S. House districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted Thursday night, hours after U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick refused to delay her deadline while it was appealed.  Louisiana state Senate president and the House speaker both say the order means a special session called to revise district lines is premature and should be called off. Gov. John Bel Edwards says it’s too early to do that.