Supreme Court shuts down last-ditch effort to rein in landmark voting ruling
Source: Courthouse News Service
May 6, 2026
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court refused on Wednesday to reconsider its decision helping Louisiana Republicans redraw favorable congressional maps ahead of quickly approaching primary elections. Black voters who forced the state to add a second majority-Black district claimed the decision was based on an error, asking the justices to recallit. The Supreme Court refused, denying their motion in a single sentence. The justices did not explain their ruling, and there were no noted dissents.
Under court practice, the clerk issues a certified judgment about 32 days after a ruling. Just hours after its decision last week, the plaintiffs in Louisiana v. Callais — a group of “non-African American voters” — asked the high court to fast-track the procedural process formalizing their win.
In an unsigned order, the high court said it would allow its decision to take immediate effect because Black voters and civil rights groups hadn’t asked the court to reconsider its judgment. But civil rights groups supporting the voters said that was incorrect. The second sentence of their opposition to expediting release of the ruling states “this court should afford appellants the opportunity to consider seeking rehearing in the ordinary course.”
Tension across the bench over granting their request spilled out into the public Monday night. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden appointee, issued a blistering solo dissent admonishing her colleagues for ignoring protocol to assist a Republican redraw amid an ongoing election. She noted the court has only ever agreed to rush the release of its judgment in two other cases over the last 25 years.
Read more: https://courthousenews.com/supreme-court-shuts-down-last-ditch-effort-to-rein-in-landmark-voting-ruling/
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