Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts - AP News

Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts  AP News

Supreme Court Rejects Virginia Democrats’ Efforts to Reinstate New Maps

State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters.

By Abbie VanSickle

Gerrymandered America

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana vs Callais puts US democracy in question

Virginia county’s immigration policies on trial in congressional hearing

Republicans accused Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano of allowing people in the country illegally to get away with serious crimes.

By Steve Thompson, Juan Benn Jr.

Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map

Order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition The supreme court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives. The court’s order, issued without any noted dissent, is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition . It was kicked off last year by Donald Trump urging Republica...

By Associated Press

Supreme Court is death knell for Virginia's Democratic-friendly congressional maps

The new map was drawn by Democrats and approved by Virginia voters, but the state Supreme Court declared the referendum null and void because lawmakers failed to follow the proper procedures to get the issue on the ballot.

By Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court deals blow to Virginia Democrats in fight over state court ruling

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency appeal seeking to revive a voter-approved congressional redistricting overhaul, leaving intact a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down the effort as unconstitutional ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to revive voting map

This decision marks the latest development in the ongoing, nationwide mid-decade redistricting competition

By Mark Sherman

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen drops reelection bid after redistricting

'No order without hearing us': Hindu party files caveat in SC after HC Bhojshala verdict

Following the Madhya Pradesh High Court's ruling that the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex is a temple of Goddess Saraswati, caveat pleas were filed in the Supreme Court. These precautionary legal notices were lodged by Hindu litigants anticipating a challenge to the verdict from the Muslim side.

By TOI NEWS DESK

SCOTUS decision and a more favorable setup create a buying opportunity in RXO — Stifel

SCOTUS temporarily keeps abortion pill access

The pill, mifepristone, is a common mail-order abortion drug

By Jessica Hullinger

Madlanga commission rejects Brown Mogotsi’s bid to recuse evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson

The Madlanga commission on Friday dismissed an application by North West businessman Brown Mogotsi to recuse evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson, rejecting claims of bias and unfair prejudice. Mogotsi alleged that Chaskalson had promised to protect him during the commission’s hearings if he provided damaging evidence against North West businessman and ANC backer Suleiman Carrim. But […]

By Sheree Bega

Rep. Steve Cohen Drops Reelection Bid After Tennessee Redistricting

Rep. Steve Cohen Drops Reelection Bid After Tennessee Redistricting On Friday Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced he is ending his bid for reelection to Congress, capping a nearly 20-year career in the U.S. House. The decision comes days after the Republican-controlled Tennessee legislature approved a new congressional map that dramatically reshapes - and effectively dismantles - his longtime majority-Black 9th District in Memphis. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) speak...

By Tyler Durden

US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now

The Supreme Court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be accessed by mail.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo