From today’s Politico: Louisiana’s Democratic governor said Monday he will call the Republican-dominated Legislature into special session soon to draw up new congressional district boundaries, now that a federal judge…
From today’s CNN Online: The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from three Texas state legislators seeking to quash subpoenas from the US Justice Department and voting rights…
From today’s NPR News Online: Twenty-seven years ago, Martha Chambers was injured in a horseback riding accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down. “I use my mouth to…
From today’s Tampa Bay Times: Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction…
From today’s CBS News Online: New York’s highest state court ruled Wednesday that the legislature violated the state’s 2014 redistricting reform by taking over the redrawing of its congressional lines…
From today’s Kansas City Star: A Kansas judge on Monday tossed the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map, finding the Legislature intentionally diluted minority votes in a partisan and political gerrymander that…
From today’s The Guardian: Florida Republicans approved a new congressional map that severely curtails Black voting power in the state on Thursday, taking a final vote as Black lawmakers staged…
From today’s Texas Tribune: Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged…
Friom today’s The Guardian: Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to be introduced in the state house, leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa…
From today’s ABC News Online: The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Alabama’s new GOP-drawn congressional map over the objection of civil rights groups and decisions of two lower courts finding…