Supreme Court Rejects Long-Shot Bid to Recall Louisiana Mandate

The US Supreme Court denied a request by Black Louisiana voters to recall its judgment in a case throwing out the state’s congressional map.

The justices rejected the request by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund to recall their judgment in Lousiana v. Callais in an unsigned order Wednesday. The group made the long-shot appeal after the court agreed to expedite issuance of its mandate in the case on Monday.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the court of betraying its principles by agreeing to fast-track the mandate after early voting had already begun in the state’s May primary. Her lone dissent prompted a sharp response from Justice Samuel Alito, who called her accusations “groundless and utterly irresponsible.” No justices noted dissent from the court’s order Wednesday.

Louisiana state lawmakers have rushed to redraw congressional districts after the court held 6-3 its current map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Other states, including Tennessee and Florida, have also taken steps to redraw their maps for the midterm elections following the court’s ruling.

The case is Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, U.S., No. 24-109 and 24-110, decided on 4/29/26.