U.S. Supreme Court Will Review South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case Next Term
On Monday, May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear a racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina next term.
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From School Boards to City Councils, Local Redistricting Matters
The fact that a small city’s redistricting skirmish led to the gutting of a central portion of the federal Voting Rights Act should serve as a reminder to not overlook local redistricting.
Pennsylvania Has a State Supreme Court Primary Tomorrow
After tomorrow, we’ll find out which Democrat will make it to the next round — and if they’ll have to face off with a Republican who helped cast doubt over the state’s election in 2020.
North Carolina Wants People To Pay to Vote
Some states still condition voting rights on wealth. In Florida, North Carolina and elsewhere, these modern day poll taxes exemplify how laws protecting the right to vote too often fail to apply to people with past felony convictions.
The Republican War on Drop Boxes Continues
Even as some Republican leaders seem to be walking back their opposition to drop boxes, the war on drop boxes is here to stay.
After the North Carolina Supreme Court Reversed Itself, Elected Officials and Experts React
The ruling will allow Republicans to cement their power in a purple state. The reversal also complicates a pending U.S. Supreme Court Case, Moore v. Harper, which could have implications nationally.
The DOJ Pledged to Relentlessly Protect Voting Rights. Is it Living Up to Its Promise?
Facing countless voter suppression laws, illegal maps and new conservative legal tactics, is the U.S. Department of Justice taking sufficient action to protect voting rights? We gather the DOJ’s lawsuits, amicus briefs and more.
The North Carolina Supreme Court’s Three-Part Attack on Democracy
On a single day, the North Carolina Supreme Court wreaked havoc on voting rights. The court dropped three major decisions, all harmful outcomes for democracy, two of which were decided by the same court just months ago.
Alaska’s Supreme Court Prohibited Partisan Gerrymandering. These States Have Too
After Rucho v. Common Cause (2019), state courts have been put to the test: Can they protect voters from partisan gerrymandering? Now, there are more maps, more lawsuits and slowly but surely, more rulings.
50 States of Lawsuits: North Carolina
Litigation in North Carolina is perhaps most notable for being the current source of efforts to get the U.S. Supreme Court to endorse the fringe independent state legislature (ISL) theory.
