Category: Gerrymandering

Citing the Equal Protection Clause, FL Supreme Court Allows DeSantis Redistricting Plan to Wipe Out Black Majority Congressional District

The Florida Supreme Court, citing the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, upheld the racial gerrymandering of a North Florida congressional district, which eliminated a long-standing Black majority district.  Use of the Equal Protections Clause is the latest anti-voter tactic to undo protections for minority voters. 

Apparent Racial Gerrymandering in Tarrant County, TX Draws Condemnation and a VRA Lawsuit.  The County’s Reply?  It’s OK. It was for Political Reasons.

Brian is gone today, and we're rebroadcasting a story from last month. But there's an update from Tarrant County since. The county commissioners committed to a $250,000 contract, using taxpayer money, to hire the Public Interest Legal Foundation to defend themselves. PILF, founded by White House counsel Stephen Miller, is the same organization which gerrymandered the districts in the first place.

In Puzzling Move, U.S. Supreme Court Orders More Arguments in Louisiana Redistricting Case Pitting VRA Against Equal Protections Clause

The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to announce an opinion June 27th in Louisiana v. Callais, one of the most important voting rights cases of the year. Instead, in a highly unusual move, the court ordered new arguments in the case pitting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 against the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protections Clause.