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California Democrats have found themselves at the center of an escalating redistricting battle with Donald Trump and Texas Republicans — a conflict that began as a bluff and spiraled into one of the most consequential partisan fights of Trump’s second term. The saga began when rumors emerged in April that Texas Republicans, under pressure from…
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Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat and former chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, has filed a habeas corpus petition in state court, alleging she is being subjected to “illegal confinement” inside the state Capitol. The unusual legal maneuver challenges the extent of legislative authority in enforcing quorum rules and raises…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Louisiana v. Calais, a case that voting rights advocates warn could significantly erode protections for minority voters under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The announcement, which drew limited mainstream coverage, has sparked concern among civil rights groups and political analysts, who say the decision to take…
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The Texas House of Representatives voted to authorize the arrest of more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who fled the state in a dramatic attempt to block a controversial Republican-backed redistricting plan aimed at expanding GOP power in Congress. Republican Governor Greg Abbott, in an aggressive move to reestablish quorum and push the vote forward, ordered…
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A federal panel of three judges has mandated that the Mississippi Legislature establish additional Black-majority House and Senate districts following a lawsuit alleging the dilution of Black voting power. The ruling, delivered on July 2, sided with the Mississippi Conference of the NAACP and Black voters, who contended that the 2022 district maps were designed…
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