The Supreme Court on Friday delayed a decision on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional districts, announcing in a brief order it wanted more information and the case would be reargued in the court’s next term that starts in October.
The order, which came over the dissent of Justice Clarence Thomas, extends the years-long battle over redistricting in the state to at least this fall.
The dispute before the Supreme Court is whether the state’s second congressional map, drawn after a court ruling to include a second Black-majority congressional district and comply with the Voting Rights Act, violates the constitution’s prohibition on racial gerrymandering.
