A 2-1 majority in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas decided that the Texas legislature must redraw Texas’ 23rd, 27th and 35th Congressional Districts. Democrats have also had some success recently challenging Republican gerrymandering of legislative districts. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reconsider whether the gerrymandering of the state’s legislative districts discriminated against African-Americans by attempting to dilute their political influence. In January, a federal court ordered the Wisconsin legislatures to redraw their legislative districts so they do not favor Republicans as much. And a federal court ruled in January that 12 of Alabama’s legislative districts were unconstitutional due to their racial makeup as well.

Source: Huffington Post March 11, 2017 23:55 UTC