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Three running for Supreme Court in Louisiana's monumental second majority-Black district

Por: The Advocate Crime July 23, 2024

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Three Democratic hopefuls are vying to become the second Black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, representing a newly re-carved district in November.First Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge John Michael Guidry will battle Second Circuit appellate judge Marcus Hunter and Leslie Ricard Chambers, a policy advisor to former Gov. Jon Bel Edwards.All three are graduates of the Southern University Law Center. It’s a monumental race poised to... + full article



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