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The fight over this year’s House map is barreling through the nation’s courtrooms.
High-stakes legal cases that could determine the majority loom in nearly a dozen states,
with just months to go until the November election.The wave of court cases follows a 2025 that was marked by fiercely political showdowns,
with high-profile walkouts,
rare Republican defections from Trump
and a hugely expensive ballot initiative in California.🔥And in addition to the state-by-state fights, one case before the Supreme Court
— "Louisiana v. Callais"
— has the ability to blow up the entire map.“There was a lot of political action in ’25, and that’s turning to the courthouse now, this year,”
said Justin #Levitt, a former adviser to President Joe Biden on democracy and voting rights and a law professor at Loyola Marymount University.“It’s not just the Supreme Court.
Therre are fights about individual state practices all over the place.”In #Missouri, for example, there are multiple lawsuits
— and a ballot measure effort
— to try and halt the GOP-led redraw there.In #Florida, Democrats are already trying to get ahead of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ planned April redraw
with a lawsuit that argues he lacks the authority to call for it.Cases in #Utah, New York and #Wisconsin that could shift seats are still playing out even as voters gear up for primaries.
In #Maryland, the National Republican Congressional Committee has retained a lawyer to handle any potential redistricting challenges there,
according to two people familiar with the hiring granted anonymity to discuss it.In #Virginia, the state Supreme Court is expected to decide whether the Democratic remapping effort
— which still needs to go before voters
— is legal, with state Democratic officials vowing to challenge decisions from lower state courts that freeze the gerrymandering push.#LouisianavCallais
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/24/2026-midterms-redistricting-legal-battle-house-majority-00793515 -
”…he [Trump] fails to tell the graduates that Levitt – like Trump’s father – was a notorious racist who worked hard to keep black Americans…out of his developments. … When a white family…sold their house to a black veteran and his family in Levittown, Pa., it made national headlines. Segregationists turned out in force to protest, and the KKK burned crosses on the lawns of neighbors who supported the family.”
—Sam Bellamy, What Trump failed to tell West Point grads
#trump #levitt #westpoint #usa
