Blockbuster Supreme Court voting rights ruling ignites redistricting war across Southern states
A congressional redistricting frenzy is sweeping across the South this week, after the Supreme Court's conservative majority last week slashed a key Voting Rights Act protection, triggering new efforts by...
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A congressional redistricting frenzy is sweeping across the South this week, after the Supreme Court' s conservative majority last week slashed a key Voting Rights Act protection, triggering new efforts by Republicans to quickly rewrite U.S. House district maps ahead of this year's midterm elections. Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee are the latest battlegrounds in a nearly year-long redistricting war pitting President Donald Trump and Republicans against Democrats. And as many as a dozen seats may be in play in the latest skirmishes. With the GOP defending its razor-thin House majority in the midterms, at stake in this redistricting showdown is which party will control the House during the final two years of Trump's second term in the White House. All eyes are on Louisiana, which was the state whose congressional district map was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The justices reshaped the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act by ruling that race should not dictate the redrawing of legislative district maps. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that its decision declaring Louisiana's map unconstitutional should go into effect immediately, breaking with its usual procedure of waiting roughly a month before its opinions become official. That clears the way for the GOP-controlled state legislature to begin the process of redrawing the map as early as this week. Last week, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, in the immediate aftermath of the high court's ruling, delayed this month's U.S. House primary elections. Landry argued his executive order "ensures we uphold the rule of law while giving the Legislature the time it needs to pass a fair and lawful congressional map." Louisiana Republicans are aiming to erase one or both of the two Black-majority House seats, which are represented by Democrats. But lawsuits filed by Democrats aim to block the push by Louisiana Republicans to redraw the maps. Lawmakers in the Al…