History Listory

2019

2019-04-01 Right wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman paid for a robocall campaign in New York to suppress the Black vote.

https://lawyerscommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/COMPLAINT-FINAL-filed.pdf

2020

2020-08-01 Right wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkhman continued their robocall campaign, this time in Detroit. Both plead no contest to voter intimidation in August 2025.

https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2025/08/01/burkman-and-wohl-plead-to-intimidating-voters-in-robocall-case

2026

2026-04-29 SCOTUS struck down a Louisiana redistricting map by a vote of 6-3. SCOTUS also destroyed key voting rights provisions in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which was originally designed to outlaw discriminatory voting practices that would disenfranchise Black voters.

https://www.cato.org/blog/america-has-changed-so-voting-rights-act-section-5-no-longer-constitutional

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-redistricting-louisiana-aa5d7dbde7c13654f341d152c2ad5229

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/in-major-voting-rights-act-case-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racia/

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-strikes-down-louisiana-map-and-destroys-key-voting-rights-act-provision

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5806270/in-louisiana-case-the-supreme-court-weakens-a-central-part-of-the-voting-rights-act

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-ruling-take-effect-immediately-alito-jackson/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVvwhRtSAo&list=WL&index=2&t=128s

2026-04-30 Louisiana suspended congressional primaries so they could redraw their maps.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-louisiana-primaries-supreme-court-03cdb6951d7fefb448bfd2f37f98c0ea

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/louisiana-landry-election-suspension-supreme-court-callais/

https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/GetElectionInformation/ReviewTypesOfElections/ClosedPartyPrimaryElections/Pages/default.aspx

2026 May

2026-05-03 Alabama Governor kay Ivey called a special session to redraw the states congressional map and revert back to one that would eliminate a Democrat-held seat, creating a 7-0 Republican delegation.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/chaos-alabama-prepares-to-eliminate-majority-black-districts-while-moving-forward-with-elections-it-may-annul/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQz5EsQE8Pc

2026-05-04 Mississippi and Florida called a special session to redraw state districting maps to gain favor with Republicans and disenfranchise Black voters.

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/05/04/old-capitol-mississippi-redistricting/

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/desantis-signs-gerrymandered-florida-map-into-law/

2026-05-07 Trump pressured South Carolina to start their redistricting process. Not the will of the people – the will of Trump.

https://thehill.com/homenews/5868640-clyburn-trump-sc-redistricting/

https://scdailygazette.com/2026/05/07/house-gop-releases-white-house-map-of-sc-voting-lines/

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/south-carolina-clears-first-hurdle-on-path-to-gerrymander-eliminate-black-district/

2026-05-07 Tennessee approved a new congressional map that breaks up a majority-black city into three Republican-leaning districts.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-tennessee-democrats-lock-arms-in-protest-as-gop-lawmakers-approve-new-congressional-map

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/tennessee-redistricting-republicans-steve-cohen-us-house

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tennessee-passes-new-congressional-map-likely-flip-final-dem-seat-protests-erupt-inside-capitol

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tennessee-republicans-pass-map-splitting-states-lone-majority-black-di-rcna343934

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5815023/tennessee-redistricting-map-passage

026-05-26 A federal court blocked the Alabama House map calling it unfair to Black voters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjhHbZ8SrdA&list=WL&index=7&t=77s

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-court-blocks-alabama-plan-for-new-congressional-districts-that-could-help-republicans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/alabama-new-congressional-map-struck-down

https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-alabama-voting-rights-trump-b67125657b36e9b915ea9bc5d587d08c

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/court-alabama-congressional-district-midterms/

2026-05-27 South Carolina Senate rejected the GOP attempt to eliminate the last-standing Democratic district after 12 Republicans joined Democrats to vote against it. Representative Jim Clyburn stated, “The people who drew that map – some of them may not have ever set foot in South Carolina – this White House says to hell with the process – to hell with the Constitution”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHxpk7KLxeE&list=WL&index=2&t=92s

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/26/politics/south-carolina-senate-redistricting-jim-clyburn

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/south-carolina-republicans-redistricting