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The leader of the Louisiana Supreme Court strongly opposes a proposal from five of his colleagues to redraw the justices’ seven election districts. He says they created a new map without any public input, and he implies state lawmakers might have already agreed to approve it.
Chief Justice John Weimer made his comments in a letter sent late Friday to the incoming governor, attorney general and legislative leaders. Gov.-elect Jeff Landry is expected to call the legislature into special session Jan. 15-23 to update Louisiana’s congressional districts. A federal court has set an end-of-January deadline for lawmakers to add a second majority-Black district to the state’s six U.S. House seats.
Weimer’s missive is the third Louisiana Supreme Court justices have sent to incoming state leaders this week.