Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Map Battle in South

0:00On May 2nd, the Supreme Court just dropped a 6-3 ruling on April 29th in Louisiana, versus Calais, striking down the states. Congressional map for having a second majority, Black District as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. This narrows House Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, applies to redistricting, without killing an outright. Southern Republican governors are jumping on it fast. Louisiana's Jeff Landry suspended House primaries set for May 16th, and runoffs on June 27th, pushing them to mid-July or later. Tennessee's billy called a special session starting May 5th, and Mississippi's Tate Reeves once lawmakers back in Jackson by May 20th. Rhett Binney Thompson, the Democrat for Mississippi's second district, and the state's only Black congressman, says Democrats have a real fight ahead. He points out Black folks make up 38% of Mississippi's population and deserve at least one safe house seat, calling the ruling a step. Back over 60 years, civil rights groups and Dems are filing lawsuits

1:02left and right. GOP figures like Alabama's Tommy Tuberville and Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn are pushing their states to redraw maps targeting Democratic districts, including ones in Memphis. Analysts see up to seven vulnerable blue seats across the Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina, but timing might push changes to. 2028. Litigation's still heating up in courts with no final certification on the ruling yet, so these matte battles could drag on and reshape the South. Political landscape before years. That wraps U.S. News Today, brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.