SCOTUS reverses Mississippi redistricting ruling, sends case back for fresh arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief order reversing a lower court’s ruling that Mississippi lawmakers diluted Black voting strength in the state’s legislative redistricting and sent the case back for further arguments in light of the Callais decision; the order provided no public reasoning, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the sole dissenter, and the matter centers on whether private groups can sue under the Voting Rights Act. The prior ruling had ordered special elections, during which Democrats gained one House seat and two Senate seats.