Redistricting

The districts represented by Blake Farenthold and Lloyd Doggett violated federal law, a three-judge panel found. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Federal court scraps two Texas congressional districts

Ryan Lovelace · August 16, 2017 5:15 pm

With the help of hedge fund billionaire George Soros, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee hopes to wrest control from voters of congressional re-districting in 2021 when booming conservative states such as Texas will gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

Gov. Greg Abbott: How George Soros is helping Obama Democrats buy their way back to power

Greg Abbott · July 29, 2017 3:06 pm

A line for early voting stretches out the door at the Zeidler Municipal Building in downtown Milwaukee. The Supreme Court will hear a Wisconsin case that could decide if the state's redistricting strategy violates the Constitution because it's too partisan. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

Supreme Court to hear Wisconsin gerrymandering case

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2017 2:57 pm

"It was also my intent to create ... a district where the people would be more likely to elect a Democrat than a Republican," former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Martin O’Malley: Redistricting in Maryland an attempt to oust GOP

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 3:43 pm

All nine justices agreed that one of the two seats in question -- North Carolina's 1st Congressional District -- was created based on impermissible racial criteria. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Beltway Confidential

Redistricting: Keep suing until the Democrats win

David Freddoso · May 22, 2017 4:02 pm

The 5-3 decision in Cooper v. Harris tossed out two districts drawn by Republican officials after the 2010 census. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Supreme Court rules NC redistricting was unconstitutional racial gerrymandering

Ryan Lovelace · May 22, 2017 3:03 pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his money where his mouth is in his fight against gerrymandering. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Schwarzenegger matching donations in effort to fight gerrymandering

Daniel Chaitin · April 12, 2017 11:31 pm

In an order Wednesday, the court stayed part of a district court decision "with respect to refugees covered by a formal assurance." (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Supreme Court strikes down 11 Virginia state legislative districts

Ryan Lovelace · March 1, 2017 4:57 pm

Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two redistricting cases. (Washington Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

The Supreme Court — out of the redistricting thicket?

Michael Barone · December 5, 2016 8:43 pm

The pair of cases pitted Marc Elias, above, a Democratic superlawyer who previously worked for Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign, against Paul Clement, an attorney who several conservatives had hoped to see included on President-elect Trump's Supreme Court shortlists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court hears voting rights cases from key battleground states

Ryan Lovelace · December 5, 2016 7:45 pm

Republicans in both states hold majorities in their respective congressional delegations. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson)

Supreme Court to hear case on race impact on redistricting

Al Weaver · December 3, 2016 3:49 pm

A federal court ruled Tuesday that 28 of North Carolina's state House and Senate districts were constructed in a way that violated the Constitution. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Federal court: NC must redraw 28 districts, redo state elections

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2016 2:39 am