States Assess New Redistricting Landscape
The Supreme Court limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a 6-3 ruling that rejected Louisiana’s congressional map, Greg Stohr reports.
Justice Samuel Alito called a majority-Black district — designed after a lower court found an earlier Louisiana map to be discriminatory — an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” Read More
The ruling is a win for Republicans, but it may have a limited effect on this year’s midterm elections because some states have already held primaries and filing deadlines have passed in many others, Greg Giroux ...