{"id":2597257,"date":"2026-04-30T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/less-than-24-hours-after-scotus-ruling-red-state-begins-redistricting-process-that-could-see-gop-supermajority\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:40:28","slug":"less-than-24-hours-after-scotus-ruling-red-state-begins-redistricting-process-that-could-see-gop-supermajority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/less-than-24-hours-after-scotus-ruling-red-state-begins-redistricting-process-that-could-see-gop-supermajority\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Than 24 Hours After SCOTUS Ruling, Red State Begins Redistricting Process That Could See GOP Supermajority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fless-than-24-hours-after-scotus-ruling-red-state-begins-redistricting-process-that-could-see-gop-supermajority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana did not have to draw majority-black congressional districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision may now affect redistricting in other states,including Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>After the ruling, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves called for a special legislative session, with reporting indicating the legislature could vote in mid-May to adopt the same redistricting map it had approved in 2022. That map had been created after a federal court found Mississippi\u2019s prior maps violated the Voting rights Act by diluting Black voting power, leading to the addition of new majority-Black state Senate and House districts and changes to the state\u2019s U.S. House districts.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that Mississippi\u2019s second congressional district-held by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson-could potentially be redrawn into more compact districts. In addition,it references developments in Florida that may increase Republican congressional representation,and it argues that the Supreme Court\u2019s reasoning could give Republican-controlled legislatures more flexibility to draw competitive districts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s decision Wednesday to throw out Louisiana\u2019s two racially drawn congressional districts may mean Mississippi\u2019s legislative maps are about to change, too.<\/p>\n<p>The result could be a return to a super Republican majority in the state legislature and an additional U.S. House seat for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-rules-6-3-drawing-congressional-districts-based-race-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> 6-3 that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did not require Louisiana to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-republican-julia-letlow-is-sworn-in-the-democrats-margin-in-the-house-shrinks-to-just-2-votes\/\" title=\"As ... Julia Letlow Is Sworn In, The ...\u2019 Margin In The House Shrinks To Just 2 ...s\">majority-black district<\/a>, as a lower court had held in a 2022 decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U. S. C. \u00a710301 et seq., was designed to enforce the Constitution \u2014 not collide with it. Unfortunately, lower courts have sometimes applied this Court\u2019s \u00a72 precedents in a way that forces States to engage in the very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-sues-yale-for-discrimination-revives-trump-era-case\/\" title=\"Student Group Sues Yale for Discrimination, Revives Trump-Era Case\">race-based discrimination<\/a> that the Constitution forbids,\u201d the Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-109_21o3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, before the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling, but in the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/virginia-supreme-court-denies-dem-request-redistricting-vote-certified-case-proceeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia\u2019s referendum<\/a> vote to redistrict to pick up to four new Democratic U.S. House seats, Mississippi Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mississippi-governor-trolls-brits-oblivion-report-uk-rank-poorest-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tate Reeves<\/a> called for a special session of his state legislature.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my sincere hope that, in deciding Callais, the U.S. Supreme Court will reaffirm the animating principle that all Americans are created equal and that when the government classifies its citizens on the basis of race, even as a perceived remedy to right a wrong, it engages in the offensive and demeaning assumption that Americans of a particular race, because of their race, think alike and  the same interests and preferences \u2013 a concept that is odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality,\u201d Reeves wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t typically make news on a Friday afternoon, but today I am going to make an exception:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m calling a special session.<\/p>\n<p>During the recently completed regular session, the Legislature discussed drawing new maps to comply with a decision from a federal judge from the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEnFw5xkHk\">pic.twitter.com\/wEnFw5xkHk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/2047786136568021192?\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/29\/mississippi-special-session-on-redistricting-set-after-us-supreme-court-ruling\/89854643007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi Clarion Ledger<\/a> reported Wednesday that, in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision, the state legislature, when it convenes on May 20, could vote to adopt the state map it previously approved in 2022, which reapportioned the state House and Senate districts, as well as the four U.S. House districts.<\/p>\n<p>As was the case with Louisiana, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-looking-at-packing-the-supreme-court-that-would-be-dangerous-to-our-republic\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Looking At Packing The Supreme Court. That Would Be Dangerous To Our Republic.\">federal court judge<\/a> had decided the maps violated the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judge ruled that the maps unlawfully diluted black voting power and forced the state to add two majority-Black state Senate districts and one in the House. The new Senate districts, one in DeSoto County and one in the Hattiesburg area, helped Democrats break the Republican supermajority in the chamber during last year\u2019s special elections,\u201d the Clarion Ledger said.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the outlet noted the Mississippi legislature could take aim at the state\u2019s second congressional district, currently held by Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s partisan Jan. 6 committee, which targeted President Donald Trump and his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only Democrat<\/a> from Mississippi\u2019s four-member U.S. House delegation.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mississippi%27s_2nd_Congressional_District\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">district<\/a> runs nearly the length of the entire western side of Mississippi and could now be divided up to create more compact ones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 HUGE NEWS: THIS Congressional map of Mississippi could soon happen if the Supreme Court strikes down the race-based VRA districts<\/p>\n<p>100% Republican!<\/p>\n<p>We need to beat Democrats at their own game.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi now has a special session for redistricting set in anticipation of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5OsjsrWJs\">pic.twitter.com\/u5OsjsrWJs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2048004195484148179?\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on  Thursday that he had spoken with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who he said promised to support efforts to redraw his state\u2019s congressional map to net the GOP one more seat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NPwQbaqEu0\">pic.twitter.com\/NPwQbaqEu0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2049895837325541665?\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Further, the Florida state legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/florida-legislature-passes-redistricting-plan-creating-four-additional-rcna342656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> a redistricting map this week backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ron-desantis-unveils-florida-congressional-map-give-republicans-big-boost-redistricting-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> that could net the GOP up to four congressional seats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was the District 20 racially gerrymandered district that the new FL map unwound.<\/p>\n<p>We said it was not constitutional under the upcoming Callais decision and now we\u2019ve been vindicated with the publication of the Supreme Court\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Another racial gerrymander bites the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y6UVPHbMSW\">pic.twitter.com\/Y6UVPHbMSW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2049855505598669147?\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats have been aggressively gerrymandering congressional maps for years, shutting Republicans out of New England, almost all of Illinois, and large swaths of California.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There isn\u2019t a single Republican congressional house member in all of New England. (Susan Collins is the only Republican in the senate from any of these states.) Democrats have far more aggressively gerrymandered blue states than Republicans have red states. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ds76sRM4px\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ds76sRM4px<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2049875256504897607?\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The results were despite both the 2022 midterms and the 2024 general elections being Republican years, the GOP ended up with anemic <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Election_results,_2022:_U.S._House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">single-digit majorities<\/a> in the House of Representatives both times. The GOP actually <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost two net seats<\/a> in the House in 2024, though Trump won the national popular vote with a seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-election-betting-odds-gop-favored-to-win-house-as-trump-surges\/\" title=\"2024 election betting odds: ... favored to win House as Trump surges\">swing-state sweep<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Supreme Court ruling today is going to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >game changer moving forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Look for Democrats to hit the streets this week like they did after the Dobbs decision. 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