Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on April 29 that significantly limited the reach of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision in Louisiana v. Callais has prompted several states to redraw congressional maps. Lawmakers in affected states have cited partisan reasons for the changes.

May 19, 2026 Reported by AI

The Supreme Court on Monday issued two unexplained orders returning voting rights cases from Mississippi and North Dakota to lower courts for reconsideration. The moves follow the court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that reshaped Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from both orders.

Indiana’s Republican-led Senate has rejected a Trump-backed congressional map that would likely have given the GOP all nine of the state’s U.S. House seats, despite an aggressive months-long pressure campaign from the White House, even as redistricting battles elsewhere and a looming Supreme Court case shape the national landscape.

December 12, 2025 Reported by AI Fact checked

After the Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to reject a Trump-backed congressional redistricting plan that would likely have erased the state’s two Democratic U.S. House seats, Republican lawmakers who opposed the measure faced threats of primary challenges from Trump and Gov. Mike Braun, while analysts noted that the defeat underscored limits on mid-decade map changes even in conservative states.

California voters approved Proposition 50 on November 4 by roughly 64% to 36%, temporarily replacing commission-drawn congressional districts with a legislature-drawn map through 2030 — a move Democrats say counters GOP mid‑decade redistricting in states like Texas and could net them up to five House seats in 2026.

November 05, 2025 Reported by AI Fact checked

California voters approved Proposition 50 on Nov. 4 with about 64% support, temporarily replacing the state’s independent-drawn U.S. House lines with maps passed by the Legislature. On Nov. 5, Republicans sued in federal court, arguing the plan unlawfully uses race and violates the Constitution.