19 Congressional Black Caucus members could be affected by redistricting: Chair
Sewell said the ruling could let Alabama use a court-struck map again and urged voters to organize ahead of the 2026 elections.
- On Tuesday, Rep. Terri Sewell and the Congressional Black Caucus warned against "the continued erosion of the Voting Rights Act" following the Supreme Court's Callais ruling, which threatens to weaken Black political representation.
- The Supreme Court on Monday voided its previous Milligan ruling and sent the case back to lower court, threatening to return Alabama to a 2021 map previously struck down for racial gerrymandering.
- Sewell highlighted the 2013 Shelby decision, which rendered Section 5 of the VRA inoperable, arguing this enabled states to close polling places and redraw maps to dilute Black political power.
- Seeking to strengthen VRA enforcement through preclearance requirements, Sewell championed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and urged Alabamians to join the 'All Roads Lead' rally at the Alabama State Capitol on March 16.
- The caucus continues emergency planning to combat redistricting efforts six decades after the Civil Rights Movement. "We will march, we will fight, we will organize, and we will vote until victory is won," Sewell declared.
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A Third of Congressional Black Caucus Could Lose Seats
“Almost a third of the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus — 19 of its 62 members — are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 election cycle as Republicans in southern states where they control the legislature move swiftly to redraw congressional maps less than two weeks after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,” ABC News reports.
19 Congressional Black Caucus members could be affected by redistricting: Chair
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), said Tuesday that 19 of the group’s members are at risk from GOP-led redistricting efforts. “It’s devastating. People have sacrificed so much to make this a more perfect union. And here we are, in 2026, seeing this massive regression in all the gains…
Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling Could Gut A Third Of Congressional Black Caucus Seats
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could disappear if Republican-led states aggressively redraw majority-Black congressional districts following the Supreme Court’s recent voting rights ruling, according to a scathing report from Mother Jones. The concern stems from the Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down Louisiana’s newly drawn majority-Black congressional district and narrowed how Section 2 of the Voting Rights…
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