Jackson protests as Supreme Court uses Louisiana gerrymandering ruling to instruct lower courts
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson protested the Supreme Court’s decision to use its recent ruling in a Louisiana gerrymandering case to instruct lower courts on how to define the Voting Rights Act; The move could undo previous legal victories by voting rights groups.
The court on Monday sent the Mississippi case back to the U.S. District Court “for further consideration,” following the decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which rejected race-based gerrymandering.
“This case raises only the question of the specific applicability of Section 2, and our decision in Louisiana v. Callais did not address that issue,” Jackson said, citing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. he objected. “I therefore see no basis for reversing the lower court’s decision.”
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
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