In his farewell address published Sept. 17, 1796, President George Washington warned, “[p]artisanship is like a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a ...

These transparent attempts to rig congressional elections to benefit one party or the other are permissible largely because ...

Republicans are accusing federal judges and Democrats of a double standard — arguing that they are branded racist for redrawing political maps while Democrats face no scrutiny for doing the same in ...

A North Carolina lawmaker studies a district map during a joint select committee meeting on redistricting, July 26, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina legislators are once again mapping the state’s ...

The Indiana House of Representatives passed the mid-decade redistricting bill, bringing the state one step closer to ...

As if the gerrymandering arms race weren’t already approaching DEFCON 1, a pending Supreme Court ruling this year could tempt more states to join the fray. White voters who brought suit claimed the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... All states must follow legal minimums governing redistricting per the U.S. Constitution and federal law. No state is required to exceed federal law unless ...

It is certainly still too soon to say what the effects of a spasm of mid-decade gerrymandering will be on the results of the 2026 midterms, but one thing we can say for sure already: It won’t have ...

This aerial picture taken on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, shows protesters forming a human banner during the "No Kings" national day of protest on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. UC Berkeley law dean Erwin ...