Sen. Warnock Warns Supreme Court Ruling 'Targets Black and Brown Voters'
Several states are moving to erase majority-Black districts after the ruling, a shift that could give Republicans more House seats.
- Following the United States Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana v. Callais last month, several states have moved to implement redistricting efforts to redraw congressional maps, threatening to disenfranchise Black voters and weaken the Voting Rights Act.
- With the Supreme Court ruling, politicians are no longer held accountable by constituents as they redraw maps to their advantage, giving Republicans a strong chance of maintaining control of Congress despite implementing a deeply unpopular agenda.
- Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared an emergency to postpone elections, discarding 45,000 ballots already cast, and defended the move in an interview with 60 Minutes while Tennessee and Alabama signaled new maps to favor Republicans.
- South Carolina legislators are extending their session to redraw the congressional map, targeting the state's 6th District; Rep. James Clyburn criticized the effort, writing that Republicans are "trying to break apart South Carolina's 6th District."
- Constitutional law professor Justin Levitt of Loyola Law School questioned the emergency declarations, stating that stopping an election in progress creates "very real constitutional problems" as experts warn these maneuvers undermine democratic institutions.
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Southern states move on redistricting
Republican senators in Louisiana advanced a plan Wednesday to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional seats before the November midterm elections while Georgia’s governor announced that he will call lawmakers back to work to redraw legislative voting districts for the 2028 elections. The developments showed the far-reaching ripples of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an illegal racial…
Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black US House district after court ruling - The Boston Globe
The redistricting efforts to undo minority districts are a part of a 10-month-long national redistricting battle that has already involved about one third of the country.
Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Coverage roundup: Southern states move quickly on redistricting after Supreme Court ruling (Updated)CapitolFax.com
* Starting off with some background from SCOTUS blog… The Supreme Court [last month], in the case of Louisiana v. Callais, struck down a Louisiana congressional map that a group of voters who describe themselves as “non-African American” had challenged as the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. By a vote of 6-3, the justices left in [...]
The Southern Red States That Are Swiftly Moving To Redraw Congressional Maps After Supreme Court Decision
Several Republican-led Southern states are ramping up efforts to redraw congressional maps after a recent Supreme Court ruling, as GOP lawmakers look to protect their narrow House majority ahead of the midterms. The decision weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. It opened the door for states like Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina to pursue new congressional maps that could favor Republicans and threaten Democratic-held…
Southern Republican legislatures move to redraw congressional maps after Supreme Court redistricting ruling
Republican lawmakers across the South are racing to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, seizing on a Supreme Court ruling last month that struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Within days, Tennessee signed a new map into law, Alabama passed legislation teeing up fresh primaries, Louisiana delayed...
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