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In Election Cases, Supreme Court Keeps Removing Guardrails
The justices, having effectively blessed partisan gerrymandering, may be poised to eliminate the remaining pillar of the ...
What Supreme Court Justices Said About Gerrymandering
The Texas showdown has revived gerrymandering fears as the Supreme Court's 2019 Rucho ruling left redistricting power ...
Texas Legislature to take another swing at redistricting vote as Democrats extend their walkout
Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's ...
A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting
For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints on how congressional districts can be drawn. But the Supreme Court has ...
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Texas Governor Asks Court Filled With His Appointees to Remove Democratic Leader
Abbott is pushing to vacate seats of legislators who fled Texas to halt passage of a GOP-engineered congressional map.
Supreme Court could end race-based voting districts. Good. They're antiquated. | Opinion
A redistricting war between red and blue states has erupted – and it's bigger than Texas. Here's what to know about Louisiana ...
North Texas lawmaker backs Gov. Greg Abbott's push to oust Democratic "ringleader" over redistricting standoff
Rep. Katrina Pierson says Democrats who fled the state to block redistricting votes should face consequences, as Gov. Abbott ...
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests
Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.