The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request to immediately finalize its opinion in the Louisiana congressional map case so the state can draw a new map for this year’s elections.
In a one-paragraph order issued late on May 4, the court said the move was made because Black voters defending the map in question “have not expressed any intent to ask this court to reconsider its judgment.”
Last week, the court issued a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down the state’s congressional map.
Normally, the court gives the losing party time to ask the court to reconsider its decision and waits 32 days after a decision is issued before sending a copy of the opinion and the judgment to the lower court.
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill called Monday’s decision “a major win” for the state.
