The Missouri Supreme Court's decision to block a redrawn congressional map potentially impacts the composition of the U.S. House of Representatives after the November midterms.
The Missouri Supreme Court’s decision to block a redrawn congressional map potentially impacts the composition of the U.S. House of Representatives after the November midterms. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the implementation of a Republican-drawn congressional map for the upcoming midterm elections. The court ruled that the map could not take effect because the state’s Republican secretary of state improperly rejected efforts to put the map to a voter referendum. DETAIL: Republican lawmakers had pushed the redistricting plan as part of a broader effort, backed by President Donald J. Trump, to redraw district lines after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Democrat-leaning, racially gerrymandered…Open
A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that blocked Georgia’s new voting maps, sending the case back for reconsideration under stricter standards established by a recent Supreme Court decision. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a lower court’s ruling that Georgia’s post-2020 voting maps […]
A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that blocked Georgia’s new voting maps, sending the case back for reconsideration under stricter standards established by a recent Supreme Court decision. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a lower court’s ruling that Georgia’s post-2020 voting maps violated the Voting Rights Act, sending the case back for reconsideration under new legal standards. This decision means Georgia’s current district maps will remain in place for now. DETAIL: The case was initially decided by U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, a Barack Obama appointee, who ruled that Georgia’s maps diluted the voting strength of black voters and ordered additional…Open
Democrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed.
Kristen Clarke, NAACP General Counsel and former assistant AG for the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, explains how Trump’s DOJ is actively working to “deter people from voting.”
Data: U.S. Census, USDA ; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The U.S. is projected to become majority-minority in 2046, but hundreds of rural pockets crossed that demographic benchmark years ago, an Axios analysis finds. Why it matters: The evolving face of rural America, driven both by immigration and increased mobility, has invigorated communities, increased their diversity — and presented new challenges. - Rural governments dealing with rapid change, for example, often have few interpreters, bilingual election workers or translated materials — the machinery that turns civil-rights protections into access. - Population shifts, particularly in rural areas, can leave schools, courts and election offices struggling to catch up. The…
AI:The demographic shift in rural America is accelerating far faster than the mainstream media's preferred narrative suggests, with hundreds of rural counties already operating as majority-minority zones well ahead of national projections. While coastal elites ignore these shifting landscapes, this rapid transformation—driven by massive migration patterns—is leaving local infrastructure and governance scrambling to keep pace with a reality they are unprepared to manage. This isn't just a statistical curiosity; it is a fundamental restructuring of the American heartland that poses immediate logistical challenges for local administration and civil services.Open
Immediately upon the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, several Southern states moved to eliminate Black congressional districts. But what Republicans didn't count on was the political backlash they would trigger. Rev. Earle Fisher, senior pastor at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, talks with Rachel Maddow about activating Black voters in Tennessee who are outraged at Republicans gerrymandering away their representation.
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering […] The post Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall appeared first on American Almanac .
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering from a fall at his home that sent him to the hospital on June 14. Gerth made no pretense of neutrality: he called McConnell a "detestable figure" and framed the column as a deliberate attempt to criticize the senator while he is still alive, so that no one could accuse him of speaking ill of the dead. The timing is pointed. McConnell's Senate office went…Open
With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns.
