Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Alabama to use a congressional map found to have intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
Litigation
Trump order targeting mail voting leaves judge ‘very concerned’
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani expressed concern during a hearing Tuesday that the order poses a serious risk of unconstitutionally disenfranchising eligible voters.
Will Louisiana’s last majority-Black district survive Callais? A court will decide
A federal court agreed to hear arguments later this month over whether Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map complies with the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in Louisiana v. Callais — a proceeding that could put the state’s last remaining majority-Black congressional district in jeopardy.
Democrats appeal ruling that left Trump’s anti-mail voting order in place
Democrats have appealed a ruling that refused to block President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order as the administration moves to carry it out.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s mail-voting crackdown advances — but there are setbacks for his gerrymandering push
We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections.
New Hampshire: GOP bid to require documentary proof of citizenship struck down
New Hampshire Republicans’ attempt to prevent voters from using signed affidavits to comply with the state’s proof-of-citizenship requirement is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Alabama redistricting: Federal appeals court approves Alabama’s racially gerrymandered state legislative maps
Alabama will lose one of its majority-Black legislative state senate seats in a racially gerrymandered map just approved by a federal appeals court.
White voters now want to wipe out both of Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional districts
Louisiana suspended an ongoing congressional election to draft and enact a new electoral map eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts barely a month after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out its old one in Callais v. Louisiana. But that’s neither fast enough or far enough for the “non-African American” plaintiffs in Callais.
Alabama keeps telling us what it thinks democracy should look like
Alabama’s decision to appeal makes clear that the state’s leaders believe there should be no meaningful curbs on their ability to eviscerate Black political power.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to approve its racially gerrymandered maps
Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to let it use racially gerrymandered maps that courts have found were drawn with intentional racial discrimination.
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