Racial gerrymandering remains prohibited by the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Rights Act. Federal courts will still scrutinize motives, examine detailed evidentiary records and strike down maps where race predominates -- particularly when the state invokes "partisan intent" as a post-hoc shield.

Missouri voters received text messages from the RNC urging them to withdraw signatures from a petition challenging a new congressional map. The new redistricting plan, passed by Republicans, aims to give the GOP a 7-1 advantage in Missouri's congressional districts.

Proposition 50, the Democratic-backed ballot measure to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional maps, has scrambled California’s congressional playing field in more ways than you might think. Yes,