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Senators press author on whether court rulings require immediate redraw
Summary
Committee members questioned whether the Cali/Kale decisions and a Western District order mandated an immediate redraw; the bill author said the Western District ordered elections could not proceed on the unconstitutional maps and urged prompt redrawing so elections could occur.
Senator DuPlessis pressed the bill's author on whether the cited court decisions required the committee to redraw maps immediately or whether the timing was discretionary.
"Where in the Calais decision did they say that we had to redraw these maps right now?" DuPlessis asked. Chairman Morris replied that the Western District had ordered that elections could not be held on the unconstitutional maps, and that redrawing should happen sooner rather than later so elections could proceed lawfully. Morris said he believed the current amended map would "easily" survive court challenge, though he acknowledged he had not reviewed the full orders in the hearing and was open to reviewing the text.
Members repeatedly requested the precise language of the federal orders to determine whether the committee had a legal obligation to act immediately or whether the court had left timing to legislative discretion.
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