Trial Next Week Targets NC Election Maps

Trial next week targets NC election maps

North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election maps head to trial next week before a three-judge federal court panel. The NAACP, Common Cause, and individual voters challenge the maps as violating the US Constitution’s ban on racial gerrymandering. The trial is scheduled to start Monday morning in Winston-Salem. US Appeals Court Judge Allison Jones Rushing and US District Judges Richard Myers and Thomas Schroeder are overseeing the tria…

Federal trial alleging illegal racial gerrymandering in Tampa Bay Senate seat concludes

The front of the federal courthouse in Tampa on June 12, 2025 (Photo by Mitch Perry/ Florida Phoenix)A panel of three federal judges is now weighing whether a Tampa Bay state Senate district created in 2022 was the result of illegal racial gerrymandering. A four-day trial resulting from a lawsuit over the district concluded on Thursday afternoon and judges must decide whether the constitutional rights of voters in Hillsborough and Pinellas count…

Federal Trial Concludes in Lawsuit Challenging Racial Gerrymandering

Federal trial concludes in lawsuit challenging racial gerrymandering in Tampa Bay Senate district. Court now weighs whether Florida’s redistricting plan unlawfully packed Black voters, diluting their power.