Redistricting Law & Litigation
Litigation Updates
Federal Court Panel Clears Tennessee Congressional Map for the 2026 Primaries
A three-judge federal panel denied the ACLU's request for a preliminary injunction in Sherman v ... Read More
Supreme Court’s Emergency Order Restores Alabama’s 2023 Congressional Map
The Supreme Court on Tuesday night allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans ... Read More
NAACP Loses State Court Battle Over Tennessee’s Redrawn Map – But Federal Fight Continues
A three-judge panel in state court dismissed a challenge to Tennessee's 2026 redistricting and election ... Read More
Legal News
8th Circuit Reverses Its Ruling on Native American Minority District Post Callais
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday, July 7, to reverse a 2023 legal victory by ... Read More
Callais Comes to County Government: Federal Judge Applies New VRA Standard to Mississippi Local Map
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled on June 24 that DeSoto County's 2022 electoral map does not violate Section 2 ... Read More
Florida Supreme Court Declines to Intervene, Locking in Mid-Decade Map for 2026
The Florida Supreme Court ruled 6-1 on Wednesday, June 10, that it lacks jurisdiction to intervene while the redistricting lawsuit ... Read More
With Election Clock Ticking, Virginia Democrats File Emergency SCOTUS Appeal
Virginia Democrats on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive the voter-approved redistricting amendment struck down last week by ... Read More
Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Democratic Redistricting Plan in McDougle v. Virginia
The Supreme Court of Virginia on May 8th, struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that would have authorized Democrats to ... Read More
Supreme Court Rewrites the Rules for Minority Voting Rights in Louisiana v. Callais
On April 29, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that dramatically narrows how courts ... Read More