Gerrymandering
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (Congressional Map Challenge)
South Carolina unlawfully assigned voters to congressional districts based on their race and intentionally discriminated against Black voters in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2024
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Callais v. Landry
Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
Status: Ongoing
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Arkansas
Dec 2023
![Arkansas](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/Arkansas-600x400.jpg)
NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment
This case has two key parts: First, the Arkansas House district map diminishes the voting power of Black voters. Second, both the district court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals radically concluded that voters may not sue to protect their voting rights under Section 2, putting the VRA in further jeopardy and contradicting decades of precedent in which impacted voters — particularly Black voters — have challenged racially discriminatory voting laws.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
![Alabama on a map of the United States of America](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/11/Alabama-Redistricting-SocialShare-600x314.jpg)
Allen v. Milligan
Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and trial will occur in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade.
Status: Ongoing
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25 Gerrymandering Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
![Gill v. Whitford](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
Status: Ongoing
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![Gill v. Whitford](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
Sep 2017
Status: Ongoing
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Rhode Island
Sep 2016
![Davidson v. City of Cranston](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Davidson v. City of Cranston
Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ACLU of Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Davidson v. City of Cranston](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Rhode Island
Gerrymandering
Davidson v. City of Cranston
Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ACLU of Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
Sep 2016
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015
![Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
Jan 2015
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 1996
![Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.
Oct 1996
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 1996
![Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board
Oct 1996
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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