Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and "clear the path for a one-party system" [View all]

Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and “clear the path for a one-party system”
Supreme Court case could wipe out all Democratic-held seats in some deep-red Southern states

By Blaise Malley
National Affairs Fellow
Published October 8, 2025 1:40PM (EDT)


(Salon) As the Supreme Court prepares to rehear Louisiana v. Callais on October 15, Democratic voting rights groups are sounding the alarm: in a new report reviewed by Politico, Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund warn that scrapping Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could enable Republicans to redraw up to 19 House seats in their favor.

“While a ruling in time for next year’s midterms is unlikely, the organizations behind the report said that it’s not out of the question. Taken together, the groups identified 27 total seats that Republicans could redistrict in their favor ahead of the midterms — 19 of which stem from Section 2 being overturned,” Politico reports.

“Doing so would ‘clear the path for a one-party system where power serves the powerful and silences the people,” Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder LaTosha Brown said in a statement.

The report warns that as many as 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats and 11% of Congressional Hispanic Caucus seats could be redrawn out of existence. ..........................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/08/supreme-court-ruling-could-let-gop-add-19-house-seats-and-clear-the-path-for-a-one-party-system/