The court’s decision may impact a gerrymandering case in Tennessee.

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Daily Docket — Wednesday, May 22

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a congressional map in South Carolina.
* In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled ([link removed]) South Carolina's congressional map is not a racial gerrymander, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map. The Court also makes it harder to fight racially unfair maps in the future.
+ Justice Samuel Alito authored the majority opinion ([link removed]) , and Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Kentaji Brown Jackson dissented.
* In a case alleging that Tennessee's congressional map is racially gerrymandered, the state notified ([link removed]) a federal court of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision this morning that raised the standards to prove racial unfairness claims.
* Democracy Docket’s Sophie Feldman breaks down the Supreme Court’s decision in our latest YouTube video ([link removed]) .

Here’s an update on bills in Congress that will impact democracy.
* Congressional Republicans introduced ([link removed]) legislation to overturn a Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections races such as mayor and council. Federal law prohibits noncitizen voting in federal elections.
* Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), introduced ([link removed]) a bill to require Supreme Court justices to provide written explanations and a vote breakdown for decisions on their emergency docket, also known as shadow docket.

Courts in Arizona and Minnesota held hearings today in election cases.
* An Arizona court held ([link removed]) a hearing today in a lawsuit challenging the state's 2023 Election Procedures Manual. Pro-voting groups have intervened to defend the manual.
* A hearing was held ([link removed]) in Minnesota today in a challenge to the state’s requirement that absentee voters obtain the signature of a witness to cast an absentee ballot. Voters argue that the law violates the Voting Rights Act.

Miami residents will now vote under a new city commission map.
* Miami City Commission voted ([link removed]) to approve a legal agreement with pro-voter organizations and implement new commission districts after the previous map was struck down for racial gerrymandering.

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