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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday that he will call a special legislative session to redraw district lines after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark redistricting case.
The hearing will take place 21 days after the court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which could reshape how states enforce the Voting Rights Act, Reeves said.
The case focuses on Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which added a second majority-Black district and has been criticized as an unconstitutionally racist gerrymander.
The outcome could impact redistricting battles across the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections, especially in Republican-led states.
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Demonstrators hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2025, as the court considers restricting the creation of majority-black and majority-Hispanic voting districts. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg)
Reeves said the decision could also affect a separate Mississippi case requiring the state to redraw Supreme Court district lines.
The lawsuit, filed by groups including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union, argues that the current map weakens the voting power of black voters in violation of federal law, according to WLBT.
The state appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which put the decision on hold pending the outcome of the Callais case.
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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves says he will call a special legislative session to redraw district lines following the Supreme Court’s pending decision. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
“It is my belief and federal law that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps,” Reeves told X. “The fact is that they have not had a fair opportunity to do so because of the pending Callais decision.”
The Supreme Court used its authority to allow lawmakers to redraw maps once it provided clarity, he added.
“For these reasons, I am exercising my constitutional authority to allow the Mississippi Legislature to exercise its constitutionally recognized right to draw these maps once the new rules of the game are known in the wake of Callais,” Reeves said.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is preparing to have lawmakers redraw election maps following the Supreme Court’s redistricting decision. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Reeves said the decision “could forever change the way we draw electoral maps.”
In October, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared open to weakening the key Voting Rights Act provision that prevents states from diluting the voting power of minorities. Critics warned that such a decision could further erode protections for minority voters.
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The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision by the summer.
Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
