OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
10:35 AM – Saturday, April 25, 2026
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said he will call a special legislative session to redraw district lines after the United States Supreme Court rules on a case that may reshape electoral maps across the country.
Reeves (R-Miss.) announced on Friday in a social media post that he will call on lawmakers 21 days after the court issues its final opinion in Louisiana v. Callais.
This case focuses on Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which is being challenged as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the 14th Amendment due to its addition of a majority-Black district.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Louisiana v. Callais in March. In a rare decision, the Court chose to schedule the case for reargument in the fall term, rather than issuing a ruling by the end of the spring term. Oral arguments are now scheduled for October.
Louisiana v. Callais is considered crucial for the future of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), particularly Section 2, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting practices. While not directly a Section 2 case, the Supreme Court’s decision to revisit the case, focusing on the constitutionality of the intentional creation of a majority-minority district, brings the interpretation and scope of the VRA into question.
Reeves said the upcoming ruling “could (and in my view should) forever change the way we draw electoral maps.”
He also believes it could affect a separate Mississippi case, meaning the state would be required to redraw its district lines.
“It is my belief, and federal law requires, that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps,” Reeves said on X. “And the fact is, they haven’t had a fair opportunity to do that because of the pending Callais decision.”
“For those reasons, I am using my constitutional authority to allow the Mississippi Legislature to use their constitutionally recognized right to draw these maps once the new rules of the game are known following Callais,” he stated.
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