Louisiana Supreme Court rules it will not rehear case about cutting Orleans judgesNEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday afternoon that it will not rehear a case that challenged whether a new state law that reduced the number of Orleans Parish criminal court judges was constitutional. In his lawsuit, he argued a supermajority requirement applied to Orleans Parish and that the law abolishing sections of the court had not received enough votes to pass. The Supreme Court stepped in on July 17, assuming supervisory jurisdiction and staying lower-court proceedings due to the compressed timeline ahead of election qualifying dates. The Supreme Court's majority said the trial court's declaration went beyond what was permissible in a preliminary injunction hearing and that the order was overbroad. In a ruling on July 31, the court reversed the previous trial court’s judgment that the new state law was unconstitutional, vacated the preliminary injunction against it and lifted the stay.