Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Louisiana's congressional map creating second majority-Black district faces Supreme Court review for potential illegal racial gerrymandering ahead of 2026 midterms.

In a pending case on Louisiana’s congressional map, the justices ordered briefing on whether it’s constitutional to ...

The practice was first identified and coined in 1812 when Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew the ...

Congressional seats are now back in the forefront of many people's minds as more states push to alter existing maps.

Most notably, in Rucho v. Common Cause (2019), the Republican justices held that federal courts may not hear suits ...

For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints, but the court has also signaled it could further weaken the landmark ...

Gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing voting districts to benefit one party, is legal and used by both Republicans and ...

Halfway between the 2020 and 2030 census is not the normal time to be talking about redistricting, or gerrymandering, but the ...

Updated on Aug. 1 at 9:03 pm. The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon instructed the parties in a Louisiana redistricting ...