First Consul Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
I don’t typically make news on a Friday afternoon, but today I am going to make an exception:
I’m calling a special session.
During the recently completed regular session, the Legislature discussed drawing new maps to comply with a decision from a federal judge from the Northern District of Mississippi - a decision that has been appealed to the 5th Circuit and the appeal has been heretofore stayed pending future U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
The entire world knows the Callais decision has not yet been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a decision that could (and in my view should) forever change the way we draw electoral maps.
It is my belief and federal law requires that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps. And the fact is, they haven’t had a fair opportunity to do that because of the pending Callais decision.
For those reasons, I am using my constitutional authority to allow the Mississippi Legislature to use their constitutionally recognized right to draw these maps once the new rules of the game are known following Callais.
It 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 share the same interests and preferences – a concept that is odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
The special session will take place on the calendar day that falls 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues the Callais decision.
17 comments:
Hear hear!
Bye, bye Bennie
Well said, Mr Sclafani, well said.
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“The entire world knows the Callais decision has not yet been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Actually, not everyone lives for the next election, like our twisted and distorted political class.
Sounds like an excuse by Tate Reeves to redraw the election map a few months before the next election, and thereby further suck up to Trump.
I'm no Tater fan but this is a good move. For all the caterwauling from Dems over gerrymandering, the GOP is following the Dems lead. Massachusetts is 40% GOP. The last time there was a GOP Congressman from Massachusetts was 1991. If the GOP re-districts Bennie back to Bolton then it is only the GOP using the same tricks the Dems have used for 35 years.
I hope he isn’t waiting for new lines before he fills the two vacancies that have been there far too long.
So if race should not be considered, I'm sure the Delta and Jackson won't be split into 3 or maybe all 4 Congressional districts.
As he should.
My body is ready for Bennie to go bye bye
The worm will turn and people will rue the day
Shouldn’t they wait until the Mississippi case is decided, since it’s already at the 5th Circuit?
7:31, Don’t pretend that the GOP redirecting in Texas, halfway to the next census, isn’t what kicked all this crap off.
for everybody reading into this call, without reading the call - hold on. This has nothing to do with Bennie, it has nothing to do with congressional races. This only affects the District Judge in N Mississippi's ruling on the Supreme Court districts, and her attempt to force two recently elected Justices into a special election in a district she would draw.
Has nothing to do with ByeByeBennie, sucking up to Trump, the MA, VA, or other state's congressional districts.
And, 751, I imagine it would be hard to fill those two vacancies with an appointment when the 'appointee' doesn't know what the future of his/her district would look like.
I thought they were coming back to handle the business of a forthcoming casino on the Pearl River. Did Egbert finally get his way and push that under the rug?
9:41 You are right that the Texas actions started the current flurry. But it took the Texas GOP 34 years to decide to follow the Dems lead in gerrymandering.
Considering that if you serve one day in Congress that you qualify for free healthcare for life, sign me up. I'll be glad to serve and few weeks, get free healthcare and Pelosi style stock tips.
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