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A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting
For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints, but the court has also signaled it could further weaken the landmark ...
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 AG Ken Paxton launches probe into Beto O'Rourke PAC over Texas redistricting walkout
The attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to leave ...
Politicians flee state in Texas gerrymandering fight. Could it happen in Arizona?
Texas lawmakers' drawing new congressional boundaries to advantage Republicans has ignited a national scrum over ...
Beto O’Rourke raises funds for Texas Democrats, says 2026 midterms will be decided this summer
Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday that he is raising funds for Democratic members of the state legislature who left ...
If the Supreme Court hadn’t failed NC, there wouldn’t be this voting mess in Texas | Opinion
The disappointment had a bitter epilogue. A Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court found in February of 2022 that ...
Is redistricting legal? Texas dispute highlights long history of partisan gerrymandering
The word “gerrymander" was coined in America more than 200 years ago. What to know about the political manipulation in ...
Supreme Court orders new arguments in pivotal elections case
Louisiana's congressional map creating second majority-Black district faces Supreme Court review for potential illegal racial ...