Jurisprudence

The Gerrymandering Wars Are Just Beginning

SCOTUS just upheld a Texas gerrymander that even a Trump judge had deemed too racist.

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The state-by-state gerrymandering wars aren’t going anywhere—and on Monday, the Supreme Court gave the greenlight to Texas’ gerrymandered electoral maps for the 2026 midterms. The lower court opinion—written by a Trump appointee—had found that Texas unconstitutionally diluted the voting power of racial minorities in its newly shaped districts.…