The 2025 map had been used for the primaries. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned lower court decisions that the state of Missouri must use the congressional district map…
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Appeals Court Rules Missouri Must Use Updated Congressional Map in Midterms
The State Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the 2022 map, which had not been used in the primary elections. A three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit…
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President’s Administration Proposes U.S. Census Overhaul
The new proposal would prohibit illegal immigrants and lawful non-permanent residents from being counted in the 2030 census. The U.S. Department of Commerce has proposed an overhaul for…
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Supreme Court Allows Alabama to Use 2023 Map for Midterms
The lower court’s injunction is stayed while the case against the redistricted map proceeds. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing the state of Alabama to use…
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Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court Ruling Against Texas New Congressional Map
The lower court had found the redistricting effort unconstitutional. The Supreme Court majority reversed a district court’s judgment in Abbot v. League of United Latin American Citizens that…
Read MoreHouse Oversight Committee Investigates 2020 Census Bureau Results
Political organizations potentially influenced the bureau’s determinations. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating the partnership the U.S. Census Bureau had with political organizations at…
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Supreme Court Issues Stay in NY Redistricting Case
The majority ruled against the racial gerrymandering of New York’s 11th district. The Supreme Court granted the request from Representative Nicole Malliotakis of New York to stay a…
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Justice Department Joins Lawsuit Challenging California Redistricting Effort
Various state legislatures have redrawn congressional maps mid-decade. The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit challenging California’s congressional redistricting effort. The suit claims that the plan to…
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8th Circuit Court Ruling Alters Voting Rights Act Interpretation
The majority ruled that private parties cannot sue under the act, only the federal government. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that only the U.S.…
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects Alabama Districting Map
The majority cites Voting Rights Act in the ruling. The Supreme Court released the decision on Thursday that the congressional districting map drawn up for Alabama likely violates…
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