Voting Rights

In October, a three-judge federal panel dismissed portions of a similar lawsuit challenging the new U.S. House map but allowed plaintiffs in that case to file an amended lawsuit with remaining claims that the new map violates the Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act

The book being discussed is The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss. Soon to be a major television event, the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

Lawmakers in the Louisiana House spurned an effort to restore voting rights to some convicted felons on probation or parole.Louisiana's 1974 constitution…