The U.S. Supreme Court recognizes two types of gerrymandering — political and racial. The court considers political gerrymandering to be a “political question,” which it will not address.

Those maps were egregious examples of gerrymandering — the practice of manipulating the borders of congressional and state districts to benefit one party at the expense of the other. The ...

Miami commissioners are not yet ready to accept a new voting map as part of a settlement in a racial gerrymandering lawsuit, ...

Twelve self-described non-African American voters argued in a lawsuit that the new mostly Black district constitutes illegal "textbook racial gerrymandering." Not so, argue the new map's backers.

Civil rights attorneys say that if a city objects to the release of police videos, it’s an uphill battle for those seeking to ...

Gerrymandering has already been thrust into ... The conservative court went against type when it struck down the gerrymandered map in Alabama. If the court upholds South Carolina's new map ...

What is gerrymandering and why should you care? Gerrymandering is when politicians and lobbyists draw the district maps to guarantee re-election. Ohio is one of the 10 most gerrymandered states in ...

“Today, the Court permanently prevents the City from racially gerrymandering any longer.” Joey Flechas is an associate editor and enterprise reporter for the Herald. He previously covered ...

Two years ago, I didn’t know anything about gerrymandering. I had never heard that term before, let alone understood the concept behind “packing” and “cracking” districts so that ...

The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves. In ...

More than a half-dozen states face the prospect of having to go through the redistricting process again, mostly due to federal and/or state litigation over racial or partisan gerrymandering concerns.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) —A group of residents from Tampa and St. Pete is coming together to sue the state over a Senate map finalized in early 2022. They believe the state racially gerrymandered ...