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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus (LLBC) and some state lawmakers have sued Attorney General Liz Murrill. They claim she overstepped her authority in a case about the state’s congressional map.
Lawmakers approved Act 2 in 2024 after a federal court said that an earlier map likely weakened Black voting strength, violating the Voting Rights Act.
According to the filing, Murrill first defended Act 2 in court and called it a “controversy-less matter.” But in a recent filing to the U.S. Supreme Court, she changed her mind and argued that the map was unconstitutional.
Lawmakers argue that only the legislature can make or suspend laws. They say Murrill’s new role threatens their authority.
They want a Baton Rouge court to issue a writ of mandamus. This order would require Murrill to keep defending Act 2 as constitutional or to step away from the case completely.
Murrill issues a statement
“This pleading is so patently baseless it’s sanctionable. Among other things, the state district court has no jurisdiction over the arguments the state attorney general makes in the United States Supreme Court on matters of federal law and the federal constitution. My answer to the question that SCOTUS posed is entirely consistent with my position in Robinson (the challenge to the prior Congressional map) and Nairne (the challenge to the State House & Senate maps). The Legislature complied with federal court orders, but that doesn’t mean we agreed with how we got here,” said Murrill.
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