Cohen is pointing at a real inconsistency. The Supreme Court has repeatedly used the Purcell principle to let challenged maps stay in place close to elections — including in Alabama and Texas — but on April 29, 2026, it struck down Louisiana's congressional map mid-election, even though early and mail-in voting had already started. Louisiana's governor then suspended the May 16 primary so the legislature could draw a new map, and over 128,000 votes had already been cast. What the post doesn't say: the Court's Callais ruling also gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which Justice Kagan in dissent called 'all but a dead letter,' meaning the impact goes well beyond timing inconsistency.