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Redistricting and Supreme Court Rulings

Updated 2026-05-08 22:15 UTC 1 source Negative

Supreme Court rulings on redistricting in Virginia and Alabama have sparked political debate. Mark Warner criticizes the decision, while Alabama seeks an emergency order for its new map.

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The Hill
Alabama urged the Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency order clearing the way for its redrawn congressional map that could boost Republicans' chances of holding onto the House in November. The ask landed just as Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the new map, which lawmakers passed in response to the high
2026-05-08 21:51 UTC
The Hill
Virginia’s senior Sen. Mark Warner (D) criticized a state Supreme Court ruling on Friday that struck down a Democrat-backed redistricting plan, arguing the decision undermined the will of voters. “Today, justice was not served in Virginia,” Warner said in a video shared on the social platform X. “Ag
2026-05-08 22:01 UTC
The Hill
Voters in Virginia last week approved a new, Democratic-friendly congressional map that could tip the fight for House control in the midterms, but Florida is on track to parry with a GOP-favored map that could offset those gains. The states represent the latest fronts in a national battle over cong
2026-04-29 10:00 UTC
The Hill
The Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of noncitizens on Wednesday.  The oral arguments put the justices at the center of another key plank of President Trump’s immigration crackdown: scaling back the Temporary
2026-04-29 10:00 UTC
The Hill
Democrats hold a 10-point advantage over Republicans on a generic congressional ballot, according to the latest in a series of polls showing the party in a strong position ahead of November’s midterm elections. In a three-day Emerson College Polling survey, conducted this past weekend, 50 percent of
2026-04-29 10:00 UTC
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