redistricting
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The Supreme Court Reversed Itself to Erase a District It Had Previously Ordered to Exist
The 6-3 Alabama ruling does not just weaken the Voting Rights Act -- it retroactively rewrites what courts can require states to undo.
The Supreme Court Killed Section 2. Now Every State Is Redrawing Maps.
The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais used manipulated DoJ data to gut the last protection in the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana already suspended live elections.
The Permanent Gerrymander
After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans are redrawing maps without legal constraint. Democrats are about to learn what structural disadvantage really feels like.
SCOTUS Just Handed Republicans a Redistricting Weapon Before the Midterms
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais dismantled majority-Black congressional districts. States are now scrambling to redraw maps before this year's elections.
Roberts Says the Supreme Court Is Not Political. He Said It the Day After a Partisan Redistricting Ruling.
The Chief Justice went to a judicial conference in Pennsylvania to defend the Court against 'political actor' charges, one day after a 6-3 party-line vote stripped majority-Black districts in Louisiana.
SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Then It Rushed the Ruling Into Effect.
The Court didn't just strike down Louisiana's map. It expedited the ruling so Louisiana can draw a new one in time for 2026 midterms, while Jackson and Alito traded public insults about what that means.
SCOTUS Guts the VRA and Makes It Take Effect Immediately
A 6-3 ruling last week killed majority-minority districts. An emergency order Monday forced that ruling into effect before the 32-day waiting period. The 2026 map is already being redrawn.
SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Republicans Have 180 Days to Redraw Maps.
Louisiana v. Callais ended the 40-year Gingles framework for minority representation. The race to redraw before November's midterms may flip four to six House seats.
SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. Again.
A 6-3 ruling in the Louisiana redistricting case didn't kill Section 2 — it made compliance with Section 2 an unconstitutional act.
The SCOTUS Ruling Unlocked Maximum Gerrymandering. Republicans Are Running the Clock.
Within 48 hours of the Callais decision, Louisiana suspended its primaries, Florida passed a new map adding four Republican seats, and Trump called on Tennessee and other states to redraw their districts. The ruling did not just limit the Voting Rights Act. It started a race.
SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act, and the Ruling's Logic Goes Further Than Louisiana
The court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais makes it nearly impossible to draw a majority-minority district without simultaneously making it unconstitutional. That paradox was the point.
SCOTUS Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Gutting Voting Rights Act
The court rules majority-minority districts unconstitutional, handing Republicans a redistricting weapon heading into the midterms.
The Supreme Court Killed Section 2 Without Saying So
A 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais leaves the Voting Rights Act technically intact and functionally useless. Justice Kagan said 'I dissent' without 'respectfully.'
Voters Approve the Map. A Judge Says No.
Virginia's redistricting passed at the ballot box and was blocked the next morning. The midterm arms race just entered legal limbo.
Virginia Voters Approved a Gerrymander. Both Parties Cheered for Democracy While Doing It.
Virginia's redistricting vote passed 51-49 and could flip 4 House seats to Democrats. It also could be nullified by the state Supreme Court within weeks. The national gerrymandering arms race is nearly over, and nobody won.
Virginia Voters Decide Today Whether Democrats Can Gerrymander Back
Nearly $100 million spent on a ballot measure that bypasses Virginia's own bipartisan commission. The redistricting wars Trump started now require Democrats to become what they said they were against.
Wisconsin Just Gave Liberals a 5-2 Court Majority. The 2028 Election May Depend on It.
Chris Taylor won by 20 points, the fourth consecutive liberal landslide in Wisconsin court races. The state court now controls redistricting, election administration, and any litigation over the 2028 presidential result in the most contested swing state in the country.