BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator ) - The Louisiana Legislature is considering convening a special session for congressional redistricting this fall in anticipation of a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the map lawmakers approved last year, but a decision on whether those districts will stand is not expected to come until next year.

State House Speaker Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, has asked lawmakers to keep their schedule flexible between Oct. 23 and Nov. 13, which is just days after the Supreme Court justices are scheduled to hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could lead to the overturning of Louisiana’s congressional maps.

Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee that oversees redistricting,

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