#redistricting

#redistricting

The Supreme Court's rulings have greatly influenced the landscape of redistricting, shaping how political boundaries are drawn both strategically and in response to demographic changes.

Harold Ford Jr. warned that redistricting Texas ahead of the midterms is not a show of strength, stating it indicates a need for more election seats.

Pelosi stated, "This redistricting is about Medicaid, it's about Medicare, it's about SNAP, it's about housing. It's so many things that the Republicans are not about that they voted against time and time and again. So this is not politics, it's about meeting the needs of the people."

If we don't fight for our democracy, we're doomed to lose it. That's how high the stakes are right now.

It's an intense work road trip. I had a journalist ask me what I was going to do on my break. And this is the break. It's the worst break I've ever had, because we have been working around the clock here, talking to media and talking to our constituents about what's happening in Texas, shining a national spotlight on this redistricting power grab.

Pritzker welcomed Democratic legislators from Texas fleeing to stop a Trump-backed redistricting push aimed at increasing GOP seats in Congress.

"From the get, this police report is used to determine whether a criminal case will be started," said Kate Chatfield, executive director of the California Public Defenders Association, which sponsored the bill. "Then a judge would be reviewing this police report, for example, to determine the circumstances of offense and to determine whether or not to hold somebody in jail."

Pritzker stated, "They're grandstanding. There literally is no federal law applicable to this situation none. They can say that they're sending FBI."

The president is pushing a plan this summer that would tilt the all-important 2026 midterm elections in Republicans' favor by ordering Texas Republicans to redraw the state's congressional maps to tip five more House seats to the GOP.

The Department of Justice warned Texas that four of its current districts are unconstitutional because the state considered race when drawing the map, leading to racial gerrymandering issues.