Here are some recent updates.

• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed new gerrymandered congressional and legislative maps into law. The state was ordered by a federal court to draw additional majority-Black districts, but many argue the new maps still violate the Voting Rights Act.

• The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana's legislative districts in order to defend Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans are arguing that the critical provision is unconstitutional.

• Voters filed an emergency request in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the Court to freeze yesterday's decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that permitted the use of a gerrymandered commissioners map in Galveston County, Texas. 

• Black voters asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to pause its previous decision and block Georgia's Public Service Commission from holding at-large elections while the voters seek clarity from the Supreme Court.

• A proposed suppressive photo ID ballot initiative in Massachusetts was stopped in its tracks after it fell more than 30,000 signatures short of the threshold needed to advance.

• A federal appeals court largely reinstated former President Donald Trump's gag order in his Washington, D.C. election subversion case, writing "Mr. Trump is a former President and current candidate for the presidency...But Mr. Trump is also an indicted criminal defendant."

• Tennessee officials have appealed a decision striking down the state's Senate map to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The court has paused the order to draw new state Senate districts as litigation moves forward.

Here’s what to expect coming up.

• Monday is order day at the Supreme Court. We are looking out for orders in cases challenging Arkansas’ congressional map. 

• Monday is also the deadline for the plaintiffs in a case challenging Arkansas’ House map to file a petition for rehearing before the entire 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today! Voter suppression in Texas is just as big as the state. U.S. Rep Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) joined Marc to discuss the state’s voting rights, voter suppression law Senate Bill 1, gerrymandering and more. Listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts or enjoy it in newly available video form on YouTube.