By Jill Nolin | Editor
“The decision does not invalidate Georgia’s maps. It does not declare they have to be changed. It just says the district court should reconsider the decision that was made that caused the maps to be redrawn in the first place.” — Ken Lawler, nonpartisan redistricting organization Fair Districts Georgia
In 2023, a federal judge ruled that the state's maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines. Now the lower court is being ordered to reconsider that opinion. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
REDISTRICTING
By Maya Homan
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is sending a lawsuit over Georgia’s 2021 political maps back to a lower court, ordering it to reexamine an earlier ruling that concluded the state’s maps were racially discriminatory.
The decision comes a few months after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that diluted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by ruling that plaintiffs must prove there was “intentional racial discrimination” in order for gerrymandered districts to be overturned.
Facebook owner Meta agreed to pay nearly $18 billion to an array of U.S. states over claims its platforms intentionally addicted teens. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
CHILD WELFARE
By Anna Claire Vollers and Ross Williams
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Georgia could receive up to $135 million from the agreement. Carr called the settlement “a monumental victory for the protection of America’s children.”
A voter drops off a ballot on primary Election Day at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)
VOTING
By Shauneen Miranda
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victory to President Donald Trump on an executive order to curb mail-in voting, but the administration is still fighting a separate ruling that limits a portion of the order and remains in effect — complicating the administration’s temporary win.
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