Gov. Reeves calls special Mississippi legislative session for judicial redistricting, dependent on US Supreme Court deci

Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday announced that he will call lawmakers into a special legislative session to redraw Mississippi’s state Supreme Court districts, but it’s unclear when legislators will return to Jackson.

Reeves said Mississippi legislators will return to the state Capitol 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case, a decision widely expected to roll back portions of the federal Voting Rights Act.

But the nation’s highest court has not yet issued the decision, and it’s unclear when it will. The court’s next opinion day is April 29. Many observers expect the court to rule on the case sometime this summer.

“It is my belief and federal law requires that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps,” Reeves wrote on social media. “And the fact is, they haven’t had a fair opportunity to do that because of the pending Callais decision.”




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