Justice Brett Kavanaugh's second block of Missouri's GOP-redrawn maps isn't a ruling against gerrymandering — it's a ruling against using courts as last-minute map-switching tools. The distinction is everything.
Virginia's Supreme Court struck down a Democratic redistricting map, erasing four expected House flips before a single ballot is cast. The ruling is the latest in a decade-long Republican project to lock in legislative majorities through courts — not campaigns.
The Florida legislature fast-tracked a new congressional map that would give Republicans a 24-4 House advantage. The legal mechanism that made it viable was built by the Supreme Court — and every Republican statehouse in the country is watching.
Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Here's how the system works, which states are most affected, and what's being done to stop it.