Via #DemocracyDocket - Mar 2, 2026
#BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
In a setback for #VotingRights, the U.S. #SupremeCourt has halted #NewYork’s order to redraw its 11th Congressional District — a district a state court found diluted minority voting power.
The current map will remain as appeals continue.
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To be clear, this is in context of the Court finding that racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
The Court here found that the state court's efforts to tailor districts around race were likely in violation of that.
Yes, the topic of racial gerrymandering in the US is a mess. At the least we need to be clear about what judicial orders actually say.
