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southern states, gathered at the state’s War Memorial Building auditorium on Wednesday in support of [voting rights](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-voting-rights). It was the latest in a series of actions protesting the supreme court
redistricting. Republican lawmakers in other southern states, including [Louisiana](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5806000/louisiana-suspends-house-primaries-supreme-court) and [Alabama](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5812921/alabamas-legislature-poised-to-adopt-new-congressional-map-after-scotus-ruling), are moving to eliminate other majority-Black, Democratic-held districts in the wake of the Supreme Court
Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court [weakened the Voting Rights Act's](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt most notably
Southern states where voting is polarized between a white, Republican-leaning majority and a Black, Democratic-leaning minority. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-5845082/supreme-court-alabama-redistricting) ### [Law](https://www.npr.org/sections/law/) ### [Supreme Court's Alabama redistricting decision
southern states scramble to enact new maps in the wake of last week’slandmark [Callais v Landry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained
decision](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/trump-revenge-indiana-election-results-00907629) in this month’s primaries. Still, other southern states seemed poised to take up redraws after several court rulings gave Republicans an overall edge in the redistricting fight. The Supreme
decision by the US supreme court can serve as a catalyst for change.’ Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images “Because I believe in diversity, equity and inclusion, as a matter of fact, I’m perceived as not Mississippian
supreme court’s recent decision in [Louisiana](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/louisiana) v Callais, a case that centered on the state’s congressional maps, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The fallout from the decision
State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on May 7. \*\*Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images\*\* Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From the founding of Memphis more than two centuries ago, Poplar Ave. has served
redistricting effort in Tennessee is one of several rapidly advancing plans in Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court
state from certifying the results, calling the ballot language “flagrantly misleading”. Trump reacted to the decision on Truth Social, calling it a ‘huge win for the Republican Party, and America, in Virginia.” “The Virginia Supreme
decision *Louisiana v. Callais* restores fairness to our redistricting process and allows states to pass electoral maps that reflect the will of the voters, not the will of federal judges,” Kemp said Friday. “Voting
decision, the Republican-led [Tennessee](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/tennessee-congressional-map-redistricting) legislature passed new redistricting maps, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district. Other southern states, like [Mississippi](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/mississippi-redistricting-old-capitol), are expected to follow
Supreme Court’s decision [to narrow the Voting Rights Act,](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-00898123) which gave Louisiana the greenlight to redraw its majority-minority districts and kicked off new gerrymanders in other GOP-led southern states
Southern states are rushing to [redraw congressional maps](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/southern-states-redistricting-electoral-maps-black-voting-power) to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where
redistricting war upended an already polarized political environment, with states rushing to draw new districts to favor their parties. Trump has pushed for redrawn congressional maps in several Republican-led states to protect the party
decision could encourage more chaos, experts warn  The U.S. Supreme Court **Kent Nishimura/Getty Images** Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The Supreme Court was in the news Wednesday after delivering
redistricting in California to gain more seats there.* *But Democrats were also dealt a blow in Virginia when the state’s supreme court [rejected](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/virginia-supreme-court-rules-against-congressional-maps?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct) a voter-approved congressional map that would have
supreme court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais last month that states could not consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase
southern state. Some may have to return to the ballot box in a few months. Four of the state’s congressional districts are expected to hold special primaries in August, as part of a nationwide