Indiana Republicans Aim to Sideline Courts to Protect their Gerrymander

When Indiana’s GOP supermajority opened an early legislative session Monday, Democrats expected a gerrymander favoring Republicans.

But hardly anyone would have predicted the unusual provisions that appear aimed at shielding the legislation from most state court review and fast-tracking its path to the state supreme court.

Democrats argued the provisions are unlike anything they have seen in modern redistricting fights — a direct attack on the checks and balances that are meant to protect fair elections. One lawmaker called the provisions “flamingly unconstitutional.”

But the goal appears clear: to ensure legal challenges don’t stop the gerrymander from coming into force before the 2026 midterm elections.




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