The Supreme Court on Friday unexpectedly kicked the case looking at whether the Louisiana legislature relied improperly on race to create the state’s congressional district map to next term.
The decision to reargue the case came as a surprise, as the court was widely expected to come down with a ruling on the final day of the term. And it comes as a disappointment for Louisiana officials, who told NOTUS that they were looking forward to finality after a yearslong battle over their map.
“We were all hopeful that the Supreme Court would make its ruling today. I mean, that’s what everybody anticipated. But it’s in the court’s prerogative to do what it did,” Rep. Cleo Fields told NOTUS after the Supreme Court announcement.