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44 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 10, 2026.
The unsigned order, with no noted dissents, sends Missouri into November on its 2022 lines and saves Emanuel Cleaver's seat for now.
The state Supreme Court reversed two lower courts that had blocked Question 3, clearing the way for Maryland Democrats to seek the power to redraw congressional maps before 2028.
The state's own Supreme Court threw the map out and ordered a referendum. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway called that a constitutional crisis and went straight to Washington.
The court ruled that a congressional redistricting bill is an 'act' of the legislature like any other, so it can be put to a referendum. The 2020-census map stays in force for the midterms.
Voters approved a mid-decade redistricting amendment in April. The Virginia Supreme Court voided it in May, saying the legislature started the process too late. Candidates who had already launched campaigns on the new lines are now running on the old ones.
Lawmakers will convene Aug. 3 to advance a constitutional amendment that could clear the way for an 8-0 Democratic congressional map, escalating the national gerrymandering war.
In a 6-3 order, the justices paused a ruling that had blocked Alabama's congressional map, clearing the state to use districts favoring Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
WatchIn a 6-3 ruling, the justices let Alabama deploy a congressional map with only one majority-Black district for the 2026 midterms, likely costing Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures his seat.
The justices' unsigned emergency order lets Alabama use a map a lower court found intentionally diluted Black votes, drawing a sharp dissent from the court's three liberals.
In an unsigned order, the justices paused a lower court's injunction, clearing the way for Alabama to vote under a congressional map that a three-judge panel found was tainted by intentional discrimination.
The 24-vote cloture defeat — after a personal speakerphone lobbying appeal from President Trump and three weeks of rushed hearings — preserves the majority-Black 6th District the 84-year-old former House Majority Whip has held since 1993 and is the second major redistricting setback for the White House in three weeks.
The 6-3 order vacates a lower-court ruling that had required a second majority-Black district and sends the Voting Rights Act dispute back for review under last month's Louisiana v. Callais framework.
Votes for House candidates won't count after state officials moved the election to November to allow time for redistricting.
The redrawn lines, passed days after the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling, dismantle districts held by Reps. Jared Moskowitz, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kathy Castor.
State attorney general urges justices to overturn Virginia Supreme Court decision striking down congressional redistricting approved by voters in April referendum.
A majority of justices sided with Alabama in a decision that could accelerate efforts to implement congressional maps reducing minority representation.
Friday's court ruling has ended some Democratic House candidacies and pushed others into much tougher races ahead of upcoming elections.
Surprise redistricting ruling forces some Democratic candidates to abandon races while pushing others into significantly more competitive districts.
GOP charges ahead in nationwide redistricting battle, showing new confidence after months of midterm election concerns.
Four states are considering new electoral maps in coming weeks, with another dozen potentially joining the redistricting fray next year.
GOP shows new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears as four states consider drawing new maps in coming weeks.
Outside groups aligned with the president spent more than $8.3 million in tiny state-legislative primaries, clearing the way for Gov. Mike Braun to redraw Indiana's congressional map next month.
State officials hope to use districts that would boost Republican chances of flipping at least one Democratic-held seat, citing recent Supreme Court ruling.
The ruling eliminates a voter-approved measure that could have given Democrats up to four additional House seats in the midterms.
WatchThe redrawn lines scatter Rep. Steve Cohen's 9th District across three Republican strongholds, making Tennessee the first state to enact new boundaries under the Supreme Court's post-Callais Voting Rights Act standard.
Within nine days of Louisiana v. Callais, four Republican-led Southern states have launched coordinated mid-decade redistricting drives that strategists say could net the GOP between four and seven additional U.S. House seats.
MAGA Inc. spent roughly $9 million to oust Republican incumbents who killed Trump's mid-decade congressional map last December, sending an unmissable warning to GOP legislators in other states still weighing the president's redistricting demands.
The new congressional map splits the majority-Black city into three districts, targeting Representative Steve Cohen as redistricting wars continue nationwide after Supreme Court ruling.
The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the redistricting plan, which divides Memphis and eliminates the state's only Democratic-leaning district.
President endorsed primary opponents against seven GOP lawmakers who bucked his redistricting efforts. At least five Trump candidates won their races.
Justices agree to quickly return redistricting case to lower courts, potentially forcing new congressional maps ahead of 2026 elections.
The 6-3 Voting Rights Act decision will reshape congressional maps across the South before November, after a bitter exchange between Justices Alito and Jackson over the Court's accelerated timeline.
WatchPresident Trump endorsed challengers to seven Indiana state senators who blocked his redistricting demand, while Vivek Ramaswamy faces Amy Acton in Ohio's open governor's race — the first hard data on his sway over the GOP base.
On CNBC, the president said Republicans are 'entitled to five more seats' in Texas alone after Callais v. Louisiana gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Secretary of state suspends House primary following court ruling that state's congressional districts are unconstitutional, while Senate primary proceeds.
Expected flood of new congressional maps likely to produce fewer competitive districts and more polarized politics across the country.
Party officials acknowledge that decade-old reform efforts to create nonpartisan map-drawing could now hinder their ability to compete with Republican gerrymandering.
High court rules state's redistricting constitutes unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, potentially limiting creation of majority-minority districts nationwide.
WatchJustice Samuel Alito's majority opinion strikes down Louisiana's two majority-Black congressional districts. Justice Elena Kagan warns Section 2 has been reduced to 'a dead letter.'
Special legislative session and court proceedings this week will factor heavily into the nationwide battle for congressional seats ahead of the 2026 elections.
Virginia voters approve constitutional amendment allowing partisan gerrymandering, with Democrats openly admitting to using extreme measures against Trump administration.
In-person voting on Tuesday trails far behind last year's record-setting gubernatorial race, raising concerns about voter engagement in off-year elections.
The party seeks advantage in Virginia redistricting as leaders cite Trump's tactics as justification. The shift marks a significant change in Democratic strategy on partisan map-drawing.
The “lobster district” map would shift the state’s congressional delegation from 6-5 Democratic to 10-1 if approved, reshaping midterm math.