Black voters in Louisiana had hoped the justices would keep on hold until after the November election their decision invalidating a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts.
The court’s response to the emergency request was unsigned, but in a concurrence, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Louisiana should not have to use a map found to be unconstitutional. There’s still time, he suggested, for the state legislature to adopt a new map.
In dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court’s decisions have “spawned chaos” in Louisiana.