I did this Q&A with Mike Albertus on the ongoing battle over mid-decade re-redistricting. Here are some excerpts: Texas is trying to redraw its congressional district plan, in the middle of the decade, solely in order to increase the plan’s… Continue reading

The New York Times:Illinois, a Democratic state, was supposed to be a haven, but Texas Democrats have been unable to escape escalating legal and political threats that have gone further and come faster than many of them had anticipated,… Continue reading

Politico: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into a political organization led by former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke for helping Texas Democrats block newly proposed congressional maps.In a Wednesday afternoon press release, Paxton said the O’Rourke-led group,… Continue reading

Politico: Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House isn’t backing off the strategy… Continue reading

Indiana Capital Chronicle: As President Donald Trump looks to increase the Republican majority in Congress, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun confirmed on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will come to Indianapolis — likely to make a personal redistricting appeal.… Continue reading

From the Brennan Center: MAGA Inc., the main super PAC supporting President Trump, raised $198.9 million between the election and the end of June. The fundraising spree is unprecedented just months into a president’s term, made all the more… Continue reading

I joined Archon Fung and Stephen Richer on the Harvard Kennedy School’s “Terms of Engagement” podcast to talk about the brewing battle over mid-decade re-redistricting. Texas GOP lawmakers recently unveiled a new draft district map, created to flip several House… Continue reading

From the Boston Globe: On first blush, the fund-raising solicitation sure looked like it was coming from US Senator Adam Schiff, the California Democrat well known for tangling with Donald Trump. “Hi — this is Adam Schiff,” the… Continue reading

From Stanford Law: Stanford’s Pamela Karlan and Nathaniel Persily on the redistricting push in Texas, recent signals from the Supreme Court about the Voting Rights Act, and the future of voting and redistricting in America. The episode can be… Continue reading

NPR: Contrary to decades of precedent, Republican state officials in at least 15 states contend that private individuals and groups do not have the right to sue to enforce Section 2 because they are not explicitly named in the … Continue reading

Politico: A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a California law restricting AI-generated, deepfake content during elections — among the strictest such measures in the country — notching a win for Elon Musk and his X platform, which challenged… Continue reading

Washington Post: The fight over Republicans’ push to redraw the Texas congressional map has widened into a national political war, with red and blue states moving to counteract each other and ambitious politicians around the country vowing aggressive partisan… Continue reading