In part 1 of this post, we explained how Callais v. Louisiana extinguished vote-dilution claims under the Voting Rights Act ...

The Court’s new gerrymandering decision is tough to explain, unless you think the justices are GOP partisans.

And let’s not forget how, last December, SCOTUS also granted the state of Texas its blessing to enact a similar ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) These are not normal times we are living in when it comes to the partisan gerrymandering war. The state of Virginia successfully passed a referendum that allows Democrats to hit back ...

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a Louisiana congressional map that protected Black voters, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn encouraged state legislatures to hold a special legislative ...

Following each national census, there is a process whereby states redraw the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts to reflect population changes. This process, redistricting, ...

In 1999, there were 164 House districts where election results were within five points of the national popular vote. Today there are only 82. One major factor in the elimination of competitive swing ...