On May 23, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that allows racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, dismissing the voices of Black voters challenging racial gerrymandering ...

We showed Tarrant County’s proposed precinct maps to national experts in election laws. Here’s what they said.

The Supreme Court enjoys creating catch-22 scenarios. It has generated numerous instances. For example, it holds that the Free Exercise Clause forbids anti-religious discrimination, but also holds ...

The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats. By Adam Liptak Reporting ...

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear that challenge in the latest case that could affect how states can consider race when creating legislative maps. The outcome will also determine if Democrats ...

“The court has long said that race-based remedial action must have a logical endpoint,” he said to the attorney representing civil rights groups, which joined Louisiana in defending the map ...

In the summer of 2020, it appeared the United States was experiencing a racial awakening. The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor sparked global protests and declarations for ...

March 28 (Reuters) - A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be used in this year's ...

WASHINGTON − Louisiana last year sent two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in almost three decades under a congressional map being challenged as unfair to the state’s non ...