Democrats must prove racial gerrymandering to fight new GOP maps. How do they do it?
Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
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Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
Proposed NC voting district maps boost Republican Party chances at winning seats in Congress and the General Assembly, evidence shows.
North Carolina has historically been one of the closest and most competitive states in recent presidential races.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama's emergency bid Tuesday to block lower court rulings, requiring the state to redraw its seven-seat congressional map to include a second Black majority district.
The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether courts should allow the state's Republican-majority Legislature to carve up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County into four congressional districts. The fight asks if state courts can evaluate whether district maps drawn by elected officials violate the state constitution and is the latest battle over how states draw such maps. It follows a recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling denying legislatures absolute power to do so.