Georgians will continue to vote for members of its state utility board in at-large elections after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Voting Rights Act challenge to the method today.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision allowing North Carolina’s new state Senate districts to remain in place for the 2024 elections.
A federal court will not reconsider its March decision to uphold a Florida congressional map that eliminated a historically Black district, but there is still an ongoing state case challenging the map.
Independent commissions are a promising step toward reforming the redistricting process across the U.S., advocates say, while some states have shown that lawmakers are capable of passing fair maps.
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Allen v. Milligan decision, upholding a provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that serves as a critical defense against racially discriminatory electoral maps.
In the harrowing days after the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in which rioters attempted to block the peaceful transfer of power, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house was photographed with a troubling symbol. Like his flag, Sam Alito has an upside down vision of democracy.
Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a South Carolina congressional map that federal courts deemed racially discriminatory will likely make it more difficult for voters to challenge racially gerrymandered maps.
A case challenging Arkansas’ congressional districts will go back to the district court where the court will have to apply the new standards adopted in South Carolina’s recently decided racial gerrymandering case.
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina’s congressional map is not a racial gerrymander, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map.
When voters cast their ballots this fall in South Carolina and Louisiana, they’ll be voting with congressional maps deemed unlawful by federal courts.
