SCOTUS vacates redistricting rulings in Mississippi, North Dakota
Mississippi, however, has appeared to pour cold water on the prospect of a redraw in time for 2026, with Gov. Tate Reeves, R, canceling a special session and saying he saw "no need" to redraw the maps.
The Supreme Court on Monday vacated two redistricting rulings in North Dakota and Mississippi and remanded them to reconsideration in light of their recent decision on the Voting Rights Act.
Earlier this month, the justices eliminated race-based congressional districts and narrowed the scope of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais. The decision triggered a wave of redistricting efforts across the South, which has long maintained minority-majority districts by court orders.
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pair of orders, the justices on Monday remanded cases in North Dakota and Mississippi, both of which had seen lower courts block redistricting plans in those states due to claims of race-based voter dilution under the VRA.
The Louisiana decision, however, rendered those decisions moot and the orders likely pave the way for both states to redraw their maps as originally intended.
Mississippi, however, has appeared to pour cold water on the prospect of a redraw in time for 2026, with Gov. Tate Reeves, R, canceling a special session and saying he saw "no need" to redraw the maps.
