The Town Talk editorial discusses redistricting in Louisiana.  Of course it contains this error:

“Lawmakers will be in hurry-up mode. Whatever they propose will have to survive the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, as required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and be done in time to accommodate the primary and general elections later this year.”

This is not true.  All states covered by Section 5 can submit plans directly to the federal court and bypass the Department of Justice.