🚨South Carolina House Passes New Map Aimed at Forcing Out Clyburn🚨

The #SouthCarolina House passed a congressional map that aims to eliminate the seat now held by #JamesClyburn, a powerful #Black #Democrat.

The map will eliminate the state’s ONLY Democratic seat at the urging of #Trump.

Among the changes is a significant shift of the Sixth District currently represented by Democratic power broker James E. Clyburn.

#law #election #redistricting #RepresentationMatters
nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/poli…

As a white Southerner in the United States, I am deeply appalled. Words absolutely fail to describe how this gerrymandering could downspiral from the loss of political representation for Black Americans to loss of professional opportunities and individual personal freedoms. And don't get me started about educational equality. This is an outrage, and an assault against the memory of the Black slaves whose labor literally built the Southlands from the ground up. It's a misery and a heartbreak for their descendants, many of whom still live in poverty, oppression, and injustice.

motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

#scotus #uspol #jimcrow #gerrymandering #southcarolina
#louisiana #georgia #mississippi
#alabama #northcarolina

Alito said racism was over. Southern states are now rushing to revive Jim Crow.

Republicans are set to dismantle at least five majority-Black districts in the South.

^{Mother Jones}

The #SouthCarolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the #murder convictions & life sentence of disgraced lawyer #AlexMurdaugh in the #shooting deaths of his wife & younger son.

In a unanimous ruling, the justices said conduct by the court clerk “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility” by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted. They also said the judge went too far in allowing evidence of Murdaugh’s financial #crimes into his murder trial.

#law
apnews.com/article/murdaugh-ki…

For those who are not from South Carolina: Yes... Confederate Memorial Day is a real thing in the year 2026.

#SouthCarolina #ConfederateMemorialDay

Meanwhile, #Republican lawmakers in #Louisiana & #SouthCarolina also presented congressional #redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from #CivilRights activists & #Democrats.

#Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent #SCOTUS ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened #VotingRights Act protections for minorities.

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #vote