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Officials are facing threats and intimidation for resisting Trump’s plan. The situation is particularly alarming in Indiana, where four Republican lawmakers have been targeted in so-called “swatting” incidents after voting against a partisan redistricting session.
In a remarkable and deeply unconventional dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith unleashed a blistering and bizarre attack on his fellow judges after a federal court struck down Texas’ unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
After a federal court delivered a stinging rebuke of Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting scheme — ruling it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander — GOP leaders wasted no time appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A federal court Tuesday delivered a devastating blow to Texas Republicans’ attempt at a mid-decade gerrymander. And the court found that a July letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — intended to justify the GOP’s aggressive redraw — effectively handed voting rights advocates a smoking gun proving it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new gerrymandered congressional map in the 2026 election, dealing a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s national effort to rig the midterm vote by creating more Republican congressional seats at the expense of minority voters. Hours later, Texas appealed the ruling to the […]
A pro-voting group sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), accusing him of launching a retaliation campaign meant to intimidate and suppress Latino voters.
As the 2026 election approaches, the GOP’s Trump-driven gerrymander campaign isn’t just unfolding in state legislatures. It’s also playing out in federal courtrooms where challenges to new congressional maps will be decided.
Republican donors are being urged to bankroll a new wave of nationwide gerrymanders — and the plea is coming from the GOP’s top mapmaker himself.
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.
States using the Trump administration’s overhauled citizenship verification system to find noncitizens on the voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, a Texas county election administrator revealed in a federal court filing Wednesday night.
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