Why Ballot Measures Are Democracy’s Last Line of Defense
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, Ohio held a special election to fill an open congressional seat in a district that voted 72 percent for Donald Trump in 2020. On Election Day, former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor drove the length…
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering
Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision…
The Supreme Court Delivers a Rare Win for Black Voters in the South
A voter enters his polling place to vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King Elementary School in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Nov. 8, 2022. Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed a lower…
The Long Era of Republican Gerrymandering in Wisconsin May Finally Be Over
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers raises a bill which re-defines the state’s legislative maps after signing it at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The long era of…
Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation
Four Republican Georgia state senators vote in favor of their party’s plan to draw new voting districts, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps…
This Landmark Case Could End Gerrymandering in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz attends her first hearing as a justice, Sept. 7, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case challenging heavily gerrymandered state legislative districts. The…