The special session could push back the election dates for the Congressional races as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case about redistricting.

A Supreme Court case over the legality of Louisiana's congressional map may affect the fate of up to 19 Democratic seats in other states.

The Supreme Court could strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, giving Republicans a major advantage in Congress.

A day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a significant redistricting case centering on Louisiana's congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced that he is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next year's election schedule,

They can literally create a permanent one-party rule system without the Voting Rights Act in place–and doing it at the

In a Wednesday dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor condemned the Supreme Court ’s denial of a stay of execution and certiorari for Mississippi inmate Charles Ray Crawford, writing that the Court “abandons its duty to resolve this important question.”

Justice Samuel Alito drilled down on whether race is a proxy for partisan affiliation, during an oral argument Wednesday in a case on whether Louisiana's congressional districts are racially gerrymandered.

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act