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congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court last week weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting. - 🎧 **Protesters from Tennessee's blue cities argue that the new map will silence
states responded in kind — including Florida, North Carolina, California and Virginia — bringing the change in seats to roughly a draw. But the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a Louisiana congressional map that created
congressional map”. On Wednesday, Republicans in the Louisiana State Senate advanced an initial redrawn map. ## What have rights groups said? A coalition of voting and civil rights groups has challenged the suspension of the election
Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second
congressional delegation, South Carolina risks losing influence the next time a Democrat occupies the White House. Given Tuesday’s vote, any further attempts to change the map will likely be met with similar resistance. Under
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
congressional districts”. The lawmakers cited a 2023 supreme court ruling that warned that state courts “may not transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review such that they arrogate to themselves the power vested in state
changes in Florida, meaning the GOP could pick up as many as three more seats depending on how the legislature draws the boundaries. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, said Tuesday’s result in [Virginia
southern states are also scrambling to redraw congressional districts in response to the supreme court’s Wednesday ruling that [severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling).** Before the supreme court’s decision
congressional map with a focus on Thompson’s district, while referring to Thompson’s tenure as a “reign of terror”. Even before Reeves made his comments, Thompson anticipated that they were coming, and suggested what
congressional gerrymandering advantage heading into this year’s midterm elections. The ruling could bolster Republican hopes of keeping their majority in the US House in the midterms. Democrats pursued the Virginia measure as part
southern state of Georgia is set to hold its primary vote on Tuesday, drawing battle lines for November’s consequential midterm elections in the United States. Among the most closely watched races will
States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that storage capacity at Kharg Island, where most of Iran’s oil is exported, would be full “in a matter of days”. So how quickly could Iran
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 suit. But the struggle for voter enfranchisement