The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 14, 2026

SC Senate Derails Redistricting of Congressional Map; MO Supreme Court Finds Map Eliminating Majority Black Kansas City District is Constitutional
In yet more redistricting news, the South Carolina Senate failed to reach a two-thirds vote to extend their session to redistrict the state’s congressional map. Missouri’s supreme court upheld a new congressional map designed to gain another GOP seat by diluting Black voting power in Kansas City.

Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

South Carolina Daily Gazette - SC House panel approves 2-month delay in congressional primary amid redistricting push
South Carolina Daily Gazette - Senators reject White House push to redraw SC’s voting lines
Missouri Independent - Missouri Supreme Court upholds gerrymandered congressional map for August primary
Missouri Supreme Court - Enbanc Decision Opinion issued May 12, 2026 on Redistricting Maps

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Callais Decision Fallout as Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama & South Carolina Scramble to Eliminate Black Congressional Districts

American Democracy Minute - (2025) Missouri Legislature Passes New Gerrymandered Congressional Map with One More GOP Seat and Moves to Quash Future Citizen Ballot Initiatives

Groups Taking Action:

People Not Politicians Missouri, ACLU Missouri, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, League of Women Voters

Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE!

Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #SouthCarolina #Missouri #Gerrymandering #GerrymanderingArmsRace
#Donald Trump

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 13, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Order Directing Alabama to Create Another Majority-Black Voting District – An Order it Previously Upheld
It took two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court to finally compel a second majority-Black congressional district in 2025, after a defiant Alabama legislature would not. May 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court majority reversed course, granting the State of Alabama’s emergency request to draw new maps after the Callais decision.

Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Stay in Allen v. Milligan and combined cases
SCOTUSBlog - Court clears way for Alabama to use congressional map blocked by lower court as racially discriminatory
Alabama Reflector - US Supreme Court overturns 2023 Alabama map ruling, clearing the way for redistricting
Alabama Reflector - (2025) Federal court: Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in redistricting

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (2025) For the First Time in American History, Alabama Has 2 Black Members Congress, Thanks to the Protections of the VRA. It Wasn’t Easy.

American Democracy Minute - (2023) Alabama Redistricting Committee Defies SCOTUS Milligan Decision, Again Proposing Only One Majority Black Congressional District

American Democracy Minute - (2023) Bombshell SCOTUS Decision in Alabama Case Reaffirms VRA Section 2 and May Impact 2024 Elections
All About Redistricting - Milligan v. Allen (was Merrill)

Groups Taking Action:

NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU Alabama

Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE!

Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #Milligan #RacialGerrymandering #Alabama #USSupremeCourt

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 12, 2026

Callais Decision Fallout as Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama & South Carolina Scramble to Eliminate Black Congressional Districts

We’re tracking the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Callais decision, sending GOP-dominated Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama & South Carolina scrambling to eliminate their Black-majority congressional districts.

Some podcasting platforms strip out our links. To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

The Hill - These are the Southern red states moving to redistrict after Supreme Court ruling
Louisiana Illuminator - Louisiana’s start to US House redistricting riles lawmakers, voting rights crowd
The Intercept - Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow
CNN - Alabama urges US Supreme Court to let it eliminate a Democratic-held congressional district
South Carolina Daily Gazette - SC House panel approves 2-month delay in congressional primary amid redistricting push

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Louisiana Sends States Back to the Gerrymandering Drawing Board to Rig Districts Before the Midterms
American Democracy Minute - Fallout Continues from 2023 SCOTUS ‘Milligan’ Decision, as the Alabama Legislature Faces Possible Return of Preclearance Requirements

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

U.S. Election Assistance Commission – How to Register And Vote in Your State

Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE!

Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org

Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.

#NewsAlerts #AmericanDemocracy #CallaisDecision #VotingRightsAct #TrumpGerrymandering #RacialDiscrimination #USSupremeCourt #Tennesee #SouthCarolina #Louisiana #Alabama