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affected by Supreme Court ruling Montgomery is home to one of the congressional districts that is being altered in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. A federal court in 2023 redrew Alabama
supreme court’s conservative majority struck down a major element of the Voting Rights Act which protects against racial discrimination in redistricting**, in a ruling that paves the way for aggressive gerrymandering in states across
Supreme Court's ruling has effectively made the Voting Rights Act "a meaningless law with no teeth." "Because of that decision, there is no longer a path open to us to protect the voting rights
Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander." Although the court kept Section
affected, do you have any strong indications as to whether impacted PoC communities are feeling more motivated to take a stand in the wake of recent court rulings, or is there a greater prevailing sense
Voting Rights Act, ruling that states cannot purposefully draw districts that are majority-minority. Alabama then asked the high court to reinstate their old map, under the theory that this new ruling meant that
ruling split along ideological lines, the supreme court affirmed that Louisiana’s congressional maps violated the equal protection clause. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito held that section 2 of the Voting Rights
Supreme Court of India said it could not allow those whose cases were pending before the tribunals to vote in the April election. However, the court said it could allow the ECI to publish supplementary
ruling in a Louisiana redistricting case that [weakened the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting). Following that Louisiana decision, Alabama's Republican leaders sought to revert to the 2023 map proposal that would leave
Supreme Court decision](/news/2026/4/27/us-supreme-court-reinstates-republican-favoured-texas-electoral-map) in April weakened how race might be considered in cases of congressional redistricting. According to the ruling, plaintiffs must now show that districts were designed overtly to disenfranchise minority voters
affects which communities are kept together and who represents them. This process, often called [gerrymandering](/news/2024/10/18/what-is-gerrymandering-in-us-elections-what-to-know-in-500-words), allows parties to draw maps that benefit them. In a closely divided state like Virginia, even small changes
affect Congress, according to Eric Holder , managing director
Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3493x3493+144+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fae%2F1b%2F7d53c44b40809c876e193ccf27fe%2Fgettyimages-1144610283.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5613878/us-census-citizenship-question-redistricting) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [The next redistricting battle might be who is counted in state legislative districts](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5613878/us-census-citizenship-question-redistricting) The bureau's public information office
ruled West Bengal since 1977. Rising from a humble background, the lawyer-turned-student-activist-turned-politician finally defeated the communists to win the state in 2011. Since Modi became prime minister of India