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TN lawmaker Justin Pearson was blocked from a Capitol committee room as Republicans moved to erase the state’s only Black-majority district after Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act by making Black-majority districts easier to challenge as racial gerrymanders.
Black Americans won enforceable voting protections only in 1965.
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Tell trump…I want him to know it was me! #VirginiaRedistricting
Right after Trump announced his gerrymandering power grab, Virginia Senator Louise Lucas responded by drawing a new Congressional map with a ratio of 10 Democrats to 1 Republican.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!
SCOTUS Rules Racial Gerrymandering Legal in Hopes of Permanently Ending Democracy and Related 4/30/26
The court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressi
The Supreme Court, in Louisiana v. Callais, struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district.
Justice Elena Kagan warned that the decision could render Section 2 “all but a dead letter.”
The republican majority didn't quote the Dred Scott v. Sanford case where it says that "blacks have no rights that whites are bound to respect," but it sure feels to me think they were thinking it.
Jen Psaki explains the map at the center of the new Supreme Court ruling that is likely to weaken Black representation in Congress and talks
“The Supreme Court has done it again. They’ve once again intervened to pull us back towards the policies of Jim Crow,” Chris Hayes says of t
“The Supreme Court has done it again. They’ve once again intervened to pull us back towards the policies of Jim Crow,” Chris Hayes says of t
GOP candidates and elected officials in southern states are calling for special sessions to dismantle majority-minority districts ahead of t
Equality Florida and voting rights advocates say the map rigs congressional districts for Republicans while reducing representation for Blac
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly wants a job in the Trump administration when his term as governor ends. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Fros
Mississippi Democrats denounced Republican plans to redraw voting districts after a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act.
For the first time in decades, Louisiana has a second majority Black congressional district! After a two-year fight for fairness and equal representation, the new congressional map was signed into law Monday when a federal appeals court ruled the state’s congressional map to be withdrawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
As Ashley Shelton, President of Power Coalition of Equity and Justice, said, “This is a win for Black voters and a powerful moment in Louisiana’s history.”
Democrats have reason to celebrate.
North Carolina may have just gerrymandered 3 US House seats out of Democratic control. But the New York Court of Appeals (what the state supreme court is called in NY) just indirectly gave the Democratic legislature the power to draw a new Congressional map. It will probably result in Dems flipping 3 or 4 seats and possibly as many as 6. In effect, the North Carolina gerrymander has been neutralized – or even more than neutralized.
Under a new map, Democrats could flip as many as six seats currently held by Republicans, enough to seize control of the closely divided House. The New York Republicans who rode a state-level red wave to Congress in 2022 are about to watch their districts shift dramatically to the left. The big question is whether New York Democrats will squander this opportunity with the kind of mismanagement and infighting that led them to disaster last year. Tuesday’s decision was the latest episode in the years-long saga over redistricting in New York. It began when residents voted for a constitutional amendment in 2014 that gave primary responsibility over the process to an Independent Redistricting Commission, or IRC. The 2014 amendment, however, divided the IRC equally between Democrats and Republicans, and the commission deadlocked on a plan after the 2020 census. So the legislature stepped in with its own congressional map—which the New York Court of Appeals struck down as an unlawful partisan gerrymander by a 4–3 vote in 2022. (The Court of Appeals is the state’s top court.) The conservative-leaning majority, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and led by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, directed an outside mapmaker to redraw the plans. The mapmaker’s submission was heavily influenced by analyses from experts who specialized in GOP-friendly redistricting. It gave Republicans an edge while pushing two top Democrats into the same district, forcing them to compete against each other. As a result, Republicans seized five or six additional seats (though one was vacated when the House expelled indicted Rep. George Santos).
So we probably have that 2022 NY map to thank for George Santos's brief House career. His district, NY-03, is currently a tossup. But with a redraw of the map, much of that area would probably find itself in bluer territory.
In the peculiar world of NY politics, nothing is simple.
First crack at a new map will go to the IRC (Independent Redistricting Commission). But it will deadlock because it is evenly split along party lines. Then the task goes to the legislature with Dem majorities in both chambers. Dems will get out their mapping software and have a go at it. Republicans will inevitably appeal the new Democratic map and the case will end up back at the New York Court of Appeals which just handed down this decision on Tuesday.
All this has to be done before filing deadlines for the 2024 US House primaries. However, no date has been set for those primaries in NY. The primaries can be held as late as early September. Stay tuned!
'This should offend you': Red state alarms with 'insane' gerrymander reveal
The proposed map for a redistricted red state ahead of the midterms has voters and lawmakers sounding the alarm. "This is insane," wrote Rep
"This is insane," wrote Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), reacting to the proposed map for Tennessee redistricting on X. "It's a blatant, corrupt power grab that would destroy the Black community's and our entire city's voice."
Cohen was referring to the city of Memphis in Shelby County, which will be carved up to water down the Democratic representation, he blasted.
