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A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting
For now, the Voting Rights Act imposes some restraints, but the court has also signaled it could further weaken the landmark ...
What Supreme Court Justices Said About Gerrymandering
The Texas showdown has revived gerrymandering fears as the Supreme Court's 2019 Rucho ruling left redistricting power ...
August 5, 2025: Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to remove key Democrat from office in showdown over redistricting
Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court this evening to declare vacant the seat of a key Democratic lawmaker, Rep.
FBI joins redistricting drama: What Texas leaders are demanding now
The FBI is now helping Texas leaders locate Democratic lawmakers who fled the state amid an escalating redistricting standoff ...
Why Texas could face greater legal hurdles than California in redistricting fight
The Supreme Court has ruled that judges are powerless to review partisan gerrymandering. But courts can still enforce the ...
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Paxton launches investigation into Beto O’Rourke’s political group for funding Democrats who left state
The attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to leave ...
Politicians flee state in Texas gerrymandering fight. Could it happen in Arizona?
Texas lawmakers' drawing new congressional boundaries to advantage Republicans has ignited a national scrum over ...
If the Supreme Court hadn’t failed NC, there wouldn’t be this voting mess in Texas | Opinion
The disappointment had a bitter epilogue. A Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court found in February of 2022 that ...