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supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) on Monday to revive a congressional map designed to boost their party’s chances in November’s midterm elections, turning to the court as Republicans – including allies of Donald Trump
map approved by the voters, which yields four more likely Democratic congressional seats. In their [emergency application](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf), they argued the Virginia Supreme Court was "deeply mistaken" in its decision
congressional maps to produce more Republican-leaning seats following the court’s voting rights decision. But the [Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia) situation was different, stemming from a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia supreme
Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to change its congressional map, in the wake of the Voting Rights Act decision, leading the state to announce different elections for different congressional districts. Piper, the former
Virginia’s redrawn map, as part of an attempt to offset Republican redistricting elsewhere at the urging of President Donald Trump. That ruling, combined with a recent US Supreme Court decision severely weakening the [Voting
Virginia — bringing the change in seats to roughly a draw. But the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a Louisiana congressional map that created a second majority Black district has led to calls from Republicans
supreme court rolled back a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The decision could make it harder for Democrats to challenge Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in ways that limit the influence
Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act in a decision on a Louisiana congressional district Wednesday morning. Both developments will assist President Trump's national push to help the GOP in the midterm elections. With
Virginia, voters approved a redrawn map in April that would have increased the number of Democrat-leaning districts. However, the state’s Supreme Court has since invalidated the map. Democrats have appealed
congressional maps. Currently, California and Virginia are the only states that have adjusted their district boundaries to support the Democrats. **Global public health authorities are working to contain a hantavirus outbreak** that began
Congressional Committee chair Rep. Richard Hudson is holding out hope that the state’s Supreme Court, which [reserved the right to weigh in](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/12/how-virginias-top-court-might-decide-democrats-gerrymandering-fate-00777364) on the new map after the election, voids Democrats
congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves the way for largest
Virginia and Tennessee that could soften the blow they might have suffered without them. ## **The national mood is very much against Republicans right now** The latest [NPR/PBS News/Marist poll](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5810555/trump-iran-gas-prices-midterms-polling) underscores the headwinds
decision announced on Thursday represented a major reinterpretation of the landmark US [Voting Rights Act](https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/live-results-us-election-day-2016/us-elections-2016-who-can-vote/index.html), in particular, its provision meant to protect minority voters from having their political power diluted
congressional map that would take effect if voters approve the measure. Fram’s home district in that map — the “new 11th” — includes a majority of voters from surrounding districts currently represented by Reps. Suhas Subramanyam