Posted on 05/02/2026 12:12:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Louisiana Rep. Troy Carter calls Supreme Court map decision a "gut punch" to democracy 06:41
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble across multiple southern states to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
Depending on how state officials proceed and whether courts intervene, legislators may try to split up Tennessee's sole Democratic district and eliminate one of Alabama's two blue seats.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee convened a special session that will start Tuesday, writing in a statement Friday that lawmakers "owe it to Tennesseans to ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters."
Lee said any changes to Tennessee's map "must be enacted as soon as possible." The state has primaries scheduled for Aug. 6 in this year's congressional elections, though the deadline for candidates to qualify for the primary ballot was in March.
GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who is running for governor of Tennessee, has called on state lawmakers to draw a map that gives Republicans an edge in all nine of the state's congressional districts, splitting up the Memphis-area district held by Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen. President Trump has strongly urged Lee to redraw the state's map to give Republicans "one extra seat."
Meanwhile in Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey called a special legislative session starting Monday to potentially schedule special primary elections if a new House map is implemented.
Ivey said she wants the state to be "prepared should the courts act quickly enough" for the House map to be changed in time for this year's elections. The state's primaries are set for May 19, and the...
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Can’t do it in football.
Gut punch to the deep state.
Our map here in Bama should be all red short of downtown Birmingham.
If the turtles on the Supreme Court had acted efficiently and quickly, we wouldn’t have to endure “too late but will affect the election in 2028 in several states.”
We should do some
things now and wait for the SCOTUS to finally gather the energy to rule in 2-3 years against us.
Deportations without due process. Full scale tariffs. Refsal to refund money for earlier anti-tariff ruling.
A saying I used to hear:
“It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.”
——Attributed to Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in computer programming who used it to describe how to navigate bureaucracy and encourage innovation.
—Wiktionary.
It’s going to difficult to split Memphis.
It will water down the 8th district but can be done.
I'm all for reducing the number of Democrats in the House generally but I don't know if it is good idea to try to gerrymander that district given its demographics.
Question. They’re running fast to redistrict in Red states.
But, can’t the Republicans also legally challenge the race-based squiggle-shaped districts in blue states?
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