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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said lawmakers are preparing a special session on Supreme Court districts and that he could expand it to congressional and legislative maps following the Supreme Court's decision weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have called special sessions to redraw congressional districts.
ABC NewsMississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that state lawmakers are already preparing for a special session focused on the state’s Supreme Court districts. Reeves said he has the authority to expand that call to include other redistricting matters, potentially including congressional and state legislative maps.
Reeves indicated the state would move at the earliest opportunity after the Supreme Court turned down a request to reconsider its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed the request for a do-over. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced she would call a special session after initially saying she would not do so. Tennessee Republicans will consider redrawing the U.S. House district covering majority-Black Memphis. Louisiana suspended its primary election to give the legislature time to redraw its map.
Republican-led legislatures in Alabama and Tennessee moved to draw new congressional districts in wake of the ruling. Alabama lawmakers are debating a congressional redistricting map.
foxnews.comIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Jerusalem policy summit that two named operations destroyed Iran's nuclear infrastructure and killed 20 scientists. He also described strikes on missile and regime targets plus new security zones in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon.
foxnews.comA federal judge barred the Kennedy Center from shutting for two years of renovations and required removal of President Trump's name from the building. The board will vote in mid-July on three renovation options.
ForbesDavid Hearn, 67, faces charges of destroying government property after touching a strip of blue coating. President Trump said the pool would be drained again and that multiple arrests had occurred.