Racial Gerrymandering Archives

With U.S. Supreme Court Support for the Voting Rights Act Disappearing, the Maryland Assembly Considers the Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has steadily gutted Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters in recent decades. With few protections left, and a pending decision likely to make it worse, nine states have passed state VRAs. The Maryland Senate just advanced a portion of the Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026.

Without Comment, the U.S. Supreme Court Allows California Prop 50 Maps. What’s the Next Battle in the Gerrymandering Wars?

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

Without comment February 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from the California GOP to block the state’s Proposition 50 congressional redistricting as racially gerrymandered. What’s next in the Trump gerrymandering wars?

Updates on Two Pending U.S. Supreme Court Democracy Cases: California’s Prop 50 Redistricting, and Mississippi’s Mail Ballot Deadline

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026

We have updates on two important U.S. Supreme Court cases we’ve been following. Submitted briefs are complete in the GOP emergency challenge to California’s midterm congressional redistricting; and a March date has been set for oral arguments in Mississippi’s mail ballot deadline case.

Trump DOJ Joins California GOP in Attempt to Block Proposition 50 Congressional Maps in the U.S. Supreme Court

January 25, 2026January 27, 2026

As expected, the California GOP filed an emergency U.S. Supreme Court appeal of the Proposition 50 congressional districts, claiming racial gerrymandering. Also unsurprisingly, the Trump Department of Justice filed a brief supporting the appeal, saying that while the map was done for partisan reasons, it was accomplished using racial gerrymandering.

Federal Panel Allows California’s Gerrymandered Counterpunch to Five More GOP Congressional Seats in Texas. Will a Politicized SCOTUS Block It?

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

January 14th, a 9th Circuit federal court panel rejected a GOP claim that California’s new congressional districts were racially gerrymandered. The court said the Proposition 50 maps, created as a counterpunch to gerrymandering in Texas, were manipulated for partisan, not racial reasons.

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With U.S. Supreme Court Support for the Voting Rights Act Disappearing, the Maryland Assembly Considers the Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026

Without Comment, the U.S. Supreme Court Allows California Prop 50 Maps. What’s the Next Battle in the Gerrymandering Wars?

Updates on Two Pending U.S. Supreme Court Democracy Cases: California’s Prop 50 Redistricting, and Mississippi’s Mail Ballot Deadline

Trump DOJ Joins California GOP in Attempt to Block Proposition 50 Congressional Maps in the U.S. Supreme Court

Federal Panel Allows California’s Gerrymandered Counterpunch to Five More GOP Congressional Seats in Texas. Will a Politicized SCOTUS Block It?