WASHINGTON (LN) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to immediately finalize its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down the state’s congressional map to allow Louisiana to draw a new one in time for the 2026 elections.
The order included heated separate writings from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the lone dissenter, and Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote a concurring opinion joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
The justices sparred in somewhat harsh terms over whether the Supreme Court has inappropriately taken sides in the nationwide redistricting battle.
Black voters who had defended the congressional map that was struck down filed a motion to recall the judgment on Tuesday, contending that the court had overlooked their request for time to consider seeking rehearing.
According to CNN, the writings may offer a taste of what is to come soon in other election-related cases, including argued cases on campaign finance and mail-in ballots.
More immediately, the justices are being asked to decide in short order what to do with a request from Alabama to throw out a lower court decision that barred that state from redrawing its congressional maps before 2030.