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• 最高法院于2026年4月29日裁定路易斯安那州新的国会选区划分图是否构成违宪的种族杰利蝾螈，这标志着一项关于投票权和选区边界的重要裁决。 • 该案名为 Louisiana v. Callais，审视了路易斯安那州2022年重新划分的国会选区，此前这些选区在联邦法院根据《Voting Rights Act》第二条受到质疑。 • 该裁决将影响各州在为2026年中期选举做准备时在全国范围内进行的选区重新划分之争，对民主党和共和党的席位数量均有影响。

• 佛罗里达州州长 Ron DeSantis 公布了新的国会选区地图，这可能会进一步削减民主党在众议院的席位。 • 该重新划分选区的方案针对民主党现任议员所在的区域，加剧了 2026 年中期选举前的竞争。 • 共和党认为这是维持众议院多数地位的关键，而民主党则警告称这是在采取压制选民的策略。

• 在一项标志性的投票权案件中，美国最高法院裁定路易斯安那州将不得不重新绘制其国会选区图。 • 这起名为 Louisiana v Callais 的案件核心在于一个棘手的问题，即立法者在重新绘制选区以确保黑人选民获得充分代表时，在多大程度上被允许将种族因素考虑在内。 • 最高法院最初于去年三月听取了该案的口头辩论，但随后采取了不同寻常的步骤，要求律师在去年秋天重新进行辩论。

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...