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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 11, 2026

VA Supreme Court Invalidates Redistricting Referendum for Not Following the Rules for Amendments. It Could Tilt Control of Congress.
In a stunning decision May 8th, the Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the April redistricting referendum authorizing new congressional district maps. The court pointed to the state constitution’s requirement that amendments be approved twice over two terms of the legislature, not one, then by the voters.

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Articles & Resources:
Virginia Supreme Court - Decision Invalidating April's Redistricting Amendment Referendum
NBC News - Virginia Supreme Court blocks Democratic congressional map, boosting GOP midterm hopes

PBS NewsHour/ AP - Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new U.S. House primary if courts allow different districts
CNN - Tennessee Republicans approve map carving up majority-Black US House district

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Gerrymandering Arms Race Update: VA Voters Narrowly Approve Mid-Decade Redistricting; FL’s Delayed Special Session Starts April 28th

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

Register or Check Your Voter Registration:

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 8, 2026

Federal Judge Acknowledges ‘Problematic’ and ‘Troublesome’ Evidence for Warrant, But Still Denies Fulton County Return of Its Seized 2020 Ballots
A federal district judge ruled May 6th that the FBI did not have to return Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 ballots and election records. The ruling came after revelations that the search warrant used to seize the records was based on conspiracy theories and other misinformation.

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Articles & Resources:
U.S. District Court for Northern District of Georgia (via Democracy Docket) - Decision in Pitts v. United States

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Judge denies Fulton’s request for return of 2020 ballots seized in FBI raid
Politico - DOJ can keep 2020 Fulton County election records it seized, judge rules

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - New Expert Analysis Finds Fringe Report Apparently Used to Justify the Fulton County, GA 2020 Ballot Seizure is Not Credible
American Democracy Minute - Elections Expert Testifies in DOJ Seizure of Fulton County, Georgia Ballots that Evidence Used to Justify the Warrant had ‘No Basis in Reality’

American Democracy Minute - Affidavit Used to Obtain the Search Warrant for Fulton County FBI Raid Originated with Trump 2020 Campaign Lawyer

Groups Taking Action:

States United Democracy Center, League of Women Voters GA / Fulton County, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 7, 2026

Maryland Passed Its State Voting Rights Act 24 Hours Before the SCOTUS Callais Decision. Will State VRAs Replace the Federal Protections?
Maryland became the 10th state to pass a state voting rights act on April 28th, just 24 hours before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down use of race-concious redistricting under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Will state VRA’s offer the same protections to minority voters that the high court’s conservative majority took away?

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Articles & Resources:
Stateline News - Supreme Court voting rights ruling set to reshape local power from statehouses to school boards
Maryland Senate - Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026 - SB 255

Capital News Service - SCOTUS decision gutted federal Voting Rights Act, but new Maryland law offers protections
National Conference of State Legislatures - State Voting Rights Acts

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (Feb. 2026) With U.S. Supreme Court Support for the Voting Rights Act Disappearing, the Maryland Assembly Considers the Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2026

American Democracy Minute - (2024) With the SCOTUS Majority Intent on Dismantling the Voting Rights Act, Pro-Democracy States are Enacting State VRAs

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

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

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 6, 2026

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Redistricting Bill with Four More GOP Seats; Illinois and New York Contemplate a Response
The gerrymandering arms race escalated further May 4th, as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed congressional maps adding as many as four additional GOP seats. With the U.S. Supreme Court adding fuel to the fire with its Louisiana v. Callais decision, Illinois and New York may be contemplating a response.

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Articles & Resources:

Florida Phoenix - DeSantis signs legislation making new congressional map official
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries - JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, RANKING MEMBER MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING
CNBC - Top Democrat aims for New York redistricting after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights ruling
NY State Senate - Senate Bill S8467
Gov. J.B. Pritzker - Response to U.S. Supreme Court Decision on X
UVA Center for Politics - A Redistricting Check-in at the Dawn of the Callais Era
Council on Foreign Relations - Gerrymandering, the Supreme Court, and the 2026 Midterm Elections

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 - Gerrymandering Arms Race Update: FL Gov. Ron DeSantis Unveils Congressional Redistricting Plan, Gerrymandering 4 Additional GOP Seats

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 5, 2026

Louisiana v. Callais Didn’t Just Affect VRA Section 2 Protections for Black Americans; Hispanic, Native, and Asian-American Districts are Impacted, Too.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s seismic April 29th decision that the Equal Protection Clause prohibits using race in redistricting decisions didn’t just affect African American communities in the South. It also eroded the chance for Hispanic, Native, Asian and other majority-minority communities to elect the candidate of their choice, too.

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Articles & Resources:

Native News Online - North Dakota’s 180-Degree Turn in Redistricting Case Sparks Outcry from MHA Nation
Tri-City Herald (WA) - Will landmark Voting Rights ruling erase Latino gains in WA?
NPR - Asian American groups file a legal challenge to Texas' redistricting plans

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (2024) Federal Court Releases Redistricting New WA Maps After Striking Down Districts Diluting Latino Voting Power
American Democracy Minute - ND Native American Nation Prevails in Protecting Majority-Minority Voting Districts. A Victory for Minority Voters, But GOP Efforts to Neutralize the VRA Continue

Groups Taking Action:

Native American Rights Fund, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

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

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