The Supreme Court Chose to Upend the Midterms

"Then the Callais decision dropped on April 29. The 6-3 majority of the Court did nothing to delay its implementation until after the current election cycle. Indeed, the Court waived its customary 32-day pause before making decisions final, thereby ensuring states could race to implement it right away, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson noted in an angry dissent from the order."

"As a result of this hit-and-run attack on long-settled voting-rights principles, a mid-election gerrymander wiping out a majority-Black and Democratic-held congressional district has already happened in Tennessee; is all but certain to happen in Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina; and could yet happen in Mississippi."

"In Louisiana, early votes in the primary suspended by Governor Jeff Landry had already been counted. Mississippi's primaries are over, but the results could be reversed. This is all a"

The Supreme Court’s April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais was issued without delaying implementation until after the election cycle. The Court waived its customary 32-day pause, prompting states to move quickly to apply the ruling. The decision is described as a hit-and-run attack on long-settled voting-rights principles tied to minority representation in legislative redistricting. The result is that a mid-election gerrymander has already occurred in Tennessee, with further changes expected in Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina, and possible changes in Mississippi. Early primary votes in Louisiana were counted after a suspension ordered by Governor Jeff Landry, while Mississippi’s primary results could still be reversed.

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