Gov. Tate Reeves (R-MS) announced on Friday he is calling Mississippi lawmakers to partake in a special legislative session on redistricting for the state’s judicial maps once the Supreme Court decides the outcome of a racial gerrymandering case.
“I don’t typically make news on a Friday afternoon, but today I am going to make an exception: I’m calling a special session,” Reeves posted on X.
The governor said the session will take place 21 days after the Supreme Court rules on the Louisiana v. Callais case. The anticipated opinion will determine whether the presence of two black-majority congressional districts in Louisiana on the state’s 2024 congressional map amounts to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The pending decision is expected to roll back portions of the Voting Rights Act, with which the map was made to comply.
The ruling has not been handed down yet, but could be issued anytime in the next two months
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