Key State Calls Special Redistricting Session as GOP Moves to Redraw Maps

Now, however, the Supreme Court’s new precedent has significantly raised the burden for plaintiffs challenging maps on racial grounds, requiring proof of intentional discrimination rather than simply showing racial impact.

The Georgia move is part of a much broader national redistricting war now unfolding after the Supreme Court ruling.

Louisiana Republicans are already moving to redraw congressional maps after the Court struck down the state’s previous race-based district configuration.

Alabama lawmakers are also pursuing new maps, while Tennessee Republicans are attempting to eliminate the state’s lone Democratic-held congressional district.

Meanwhile, Republican-led states, including Florida, Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio, have either already passed or proposed additional GOP-favorable maps as part of a nationwide effort to strengthen the party’s House majority heading into future election cycles.

President Donald Trump has openly encouraged Republican-controlled states to act aggressively following the Supreme Court ruling.

“We should demand that State Legislatures do what the Supreme Court says must be done,” Trump wrote recently. “This is going to help us win elections!”