Jackson Protests as SCOTUS Uses Gerrymandering Ruling To Instruct Lower Courts – Full Article

Fair Fight Action and the Black Voters Matter Fund argue that if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is invalidated, it could significantly increase the likelihood that Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives for years.

Research has identified 27 congressional seats nationwide that Republicans could benefit from if the current legal and political landscape remains unchanged.

Nineteen of these changes are directly tied to the potential loss of Section 2 protections.

The SCOTUS ruling will prompt many states to redraw maps ahead of November’s elections.

On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a Democrat-inspired gerrymandered congressional map that would have given the party four of the five seats currently held by Republicans in a state that is about as evenly divided as any in the country.