Congressional

• Supreme Court は2026年4月29日、Louisiana の新しい Congressional Map が違憲な人種的 Gerrymander を構成するかどうかについて判断を下し、投票権と選挙区境界に関する重要な判決となった。 • Louisiana v. Callais 訴訟は、以前 Voting Rights Act の Section 2 に基づき連邦裁判所で異議が申し立てられていた、2022年に再画定された Louisiana の Congressional Districts を検討した。 • この決定は、各州が2026年の midterm elections に向けて準備を進める中、全米で展開されている redistricting 争いに影響を与え、Democratic および Republican 両党の議席数に影響を及ぼす。

• フロリダ州の Ron DeSantis 知事は、下院における民主党の議席をさらに削減する可能性のある新たな連邦下院選挙区割案を発表した。 • この区割り改定案は民主党の現職議員がいる地域を標的としており、2026年の中間選挙に向けた争いを激化させている。 • 共和党員はこれを下院の多数派を維持するための鍵と見なしているが、民主党員は有権者の抑圧戦術であると警告している。

この訴訟の核心は、議員が選挙区を再画定する際に人種をどの程度考慮することが許されるのかという点にありました。Breaking News USのメール配信に登録して、ニュースレターのアラートを受信してください。米最高裁は、投票権に関する画期的な訴訟において、ルイジアナ州が連邦下院の選挙区図を再画定しなければならないとの判決を下しました。「Louisiana v Callais」訴訟の核心は、黒人有権者が適切に代表されるよう選挙区を再画定する際、議員が人種をどの程度考慮することが許されるのかという困難な問題でした。最高裁は当初、昨年3月に口頭弁論を行いましたが、昨年秋に弁護士に再弁論を求めるという異例の措置をとりました。再弁論の設定に際し、判事たちは Voting Rights Act 第2条が合憲であるかどうかに焦点を当てるよう求め、訴訟の重要性を高めました。続きを読む...

The case is part of a national redistricting fight with high stakes for the November midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxVirginia supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes for the balance of power in the US House.The new districts, which could net Democrats four additional seats, won narrow voter approval last week. But a Republican legal challenge contends the general assembly violated procedural rules by placing the constitutional amendment before voters to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. If the court agrees that lawmakers broke the rules, it could invalidate the amendment and render last week’s statewide vote meaningless. Continue reading...

Proposal from Ron DeSantis would net Republicans up to four additional US House seats ahead of midterm electionsRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections.The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a special session of Florida’s legislature called by DeSantis beginning Tuesday, is the latest, and possibly final, act of a nationwide “gerrymandering” battle for control of Congress sparked by Donald Trump that looks increasingly to be moving back in Republicans’ favor. Continue reading...

House Democratic leader says result should serve as a warning to Ron DeSantis after latest blow to Donald Trump’s redistricting battleHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The vote to approve new congressional maps in Virgina could embolden Florida’s Republican-controlled state assembly to consider tit-for-tat changes to its own map, the House Democratic leader has said.If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime-pick up opportunities for Democrats.We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Continue reading...

Governor called referendum after president urged GOP-led states to redraw maps to protect House majorityVoters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of Congress.The tit-for-tat redistricting battle began last year after Trump pressed Texas’s Republican-controlled legislature to redraw that state’s congressional maps in a bid to oust as many as five Democratic House lawmakers in the November midterm elections. Continue reading...