Is Wisconsin the Next Redistricting Battleground?
As the redistricting arms race continues to rage across the country, the next high-stakes battleground could be Wisconsin.
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Indiana’s GOP Shows Us the Future of Gerrymandering — And It’s Grim: A Conversation With Election Law Expert Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Indiana has rapidly become the latest flashpoint in the GOP’s national push to engineer aggressive mid-decade gerrymanders. Few states illustrate the immense costs to voters and how far lawmakers are willing to go to appease President Donald Trump.
The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working To Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court Might Not Care.
As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether the VRA has outlived its usefulness, having heard oral arguments in October questioning the constitutionality of the landmark law’s most vital remaining provision, the question of racism’s grip on America remains.
Where Trump’s Redistricting Battle Stands Now
We’re now five months into President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 election by pressuring GOP-led states to draw more Republican congressional seats, and here’s what he has to show for his efforts so far.
This is the Most Brazen GOP Gerrymander Yet
“These are desperate, transparent attempts to run out the clock, obstruct court-ordered reforms, and confuse the public ahead of 2026.”
In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps
Lawyers for the state of Texas insisted the state didn’t discriminate against Black and brown voters when it drew its new gerrymandered congressional map. But they fought tooth and nail to keep as little information as possible from coming out.
GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander
Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered GOP gerrymander, via ballot measure. But Republican officials are pulling out all the stops to stymie the effort.
Texas Gerrymander Goes to Court, With 5 Congressional Seats, and Minority Representation, at Stake
President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterm election by pressuring states to create more Republican congressional seats will face a major test in a federal courtroom in El Paso, Texas starting Wednesday, as a panel of judges considers whether to block the state’s new gerrymandered map.
The GOP Gerrymander in Texas: How They Rigged the Map
Democracy Docket took a close look at how the new Texas congressional map is designed to further dilute the strength of minority voters.
The GOP Is Attacking the VRA From All Angles — and Could Soon Make it All But Useless
It took nearly a century for Congress to enact legislation to enforce the 15th Amendment. It may take conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court only a little more than a decade to fully eviscerate that law — the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA).
