By 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority had frequently stayed or blocked lower-court rulings in congressional redistricting cases when those rulings were issued shortly before elections.
November 21, 2025
high
judicial-pattern
The Court has intervened in multiple redistricting disputes to avoid changes close to election dates.
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act provides a mechanism for addressing current-day manifestations of past and present decisions that disadvantaged racial or ethnic minorities in access to the voting system.
August 06, 1965
high
legal
Summarizes the remedial purpose of Section 2 in addressing discriminatory effects on minority voters.