The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.
The current national fight over congressional maps ties back more than 200 years to a legendary moment in Massachusetts history.
When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of ...
While Texas and California lead the way in a mid-decade redistricting showdown that could reshape congressional control, North Carolina stands as both a cautionary tale and potential battleground in ...
There is no single origin point, or person, solely responsible for the electoral maps that today determine the balance of political power in Tennessee. Technically, the state’s nine U.S. reps ...
Former President Barack Obama this week inserted himself into the national debate over partisan gerrymandering with his proprietary blend of self-righteousness, self-interest and duplicity. With Texas ...
Some longtime opponents of partisan gerrymandering are reconsidering their strategies in the wake of the controversial redistricting fights that President Trump has sparked in Texas and other states.
California voted to approve Prop 50, a measure to change election maps. Rep. Kevin Kiley, whose district will be impacted by the new map, has introduced legislation banning mid-decade gerrymandering.
Recently, Missouri Gov. Kehoe called for a special session of the Missouri House for the explicit purpose of further gerrymandering Missouri’s U.S. House of Representatives districts. All good ...
In his farewell address published Sept. 17, 1796, President George Washington warned, “[p]artisanship is like a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a ...