Yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to strike down certain majority-minority congressional districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering has landed like a political thunderclap, though not exactly a surprising one. If you’ve been watching the Court’s trajectory on race-conscious policymaking, this feels less like a sudden detour and more like the next logical mile marker. Still,…
Drawing the Line: A Look at Texas’ Redistricting Gamble
Last week, the Texas Legislature stirred up quite a storm by passing a bold—and let’s be honest, pretty controversial—mid-decade redistricting map. Now, that’s not your typical move. Redistricting usually happens after the census, every ten years, not smack-dab in the middle of the decade. But here we are. The vote split right down party lines:…
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