Via #DemocracyDocket - Mar 2, 2026
#BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
In a setback for #VotingRights, the U.S. #SupremeCourt has halted #NewYork’s order to redraw its 11th Congressional District — a district a state court found diluted minority voting power.
The current map will remain as appeals continue.
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SCOTUS halts redraw of New York district found to have discriminated against minority voters - Democracy Docket
In a blow to voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday temporarily blocked a New York court order that required the state to redraw its 11th Congressional District.Democracy Docket
volkris
in reply to joe•iuculano • • •To be clear, this is in context of the Court finding that racial gerrymandering is unconstitutional.
The Court here found that the state court's efforts to tailor districts around race were likely in violation of that.
Yes, the topic of racial gerrymandering in the US is a mess. At the least we need to be clear about what judicial orders actually say.