Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized the Supreme Court for rushing to allow Louisiana to redraw congressional maps before the midterm elections.
She argued the court should have followed its usual waiting period to avoid appearing political during an election year.
Justice Samuel Alito defended that decision and dismissed Jackson's concerns as suggesting the court should never risk partisan criticism.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a blistering critique Monday of the Supreme Court’s handling of a recent high-profile redistricting case, asserting that the court needed to be “really, really careful” in the churn of an election year to avoid appearing political and suggesting it had failed to do so in that case.
