"Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Redrawing of Detroit Legislative Districts"

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to overrule a federal appeals court's order for Michigan's redistricting commission to redraw 13 Detroit-area legislative seats, citing illegal racial influence in the 2021 legislative maps. The decision is expected to make the maps more competitive, potentially increasing the number of solidly Democratic "Detroit-focused" districts and affecting suburban districts. The commission has until Feb. 2 to draft new state House maps and until March 29 for the final deadline. This ruling follows a lawsuit by Detroit voters and a 2021 redistricting process that reduced the number of majority-minority districts in the Legislature, leading to a decrease in Black lawmakers and leaving Detroit without Black representation in Congress for the first time since the early 1950s.