(The Center Square) – Federal courts overstepped when they required the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional district, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting dispute.

State Attorney General Liz Murrill called the ruling a “seismic decision,” saying it reaffirms equal protection principles and ends years of what she described as federal overreach.

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