Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast. Today we examine the redistricting

scramble unleashed by the Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act. We'll hear how

Southern States moved within days to crack majority black districts, how Tennessee banned

public input to rush through new maps, and why every governor's race,

state legislative seat, and Secretary of State contest in 2026 is now a redistricting fight.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes

today include the PBS News Hour, Boone Lawyer, The Dean Obadiah show, Pod Save America, Southside, Anna Cabrero Reports, and Democracy Now.

Then, in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections.

Section A, the ruling ends of the law, section B, how we got here, section C, the state's scramble, and section D, what

comes next. And now, on the show.

Immediately after that Supreme Court decision last week, which made it much harder to challenge

allegedly gerrymandered congressional maps, we've seen a number of states make moves in their that Supreme Court decision last week, which made it much harder to challenge alleged racially

gerrymandered congressional maps. We've seen a number of states make moves in their own territories.

Let's take a quick look at the map here. Louisiana quickly suspended its House primaries, where early

voting was already underway so lawmakers could approve new maps there. In Alabama, there's a special

legislative session today to redraw maps.

Tennessee will have the same tomorrow. Mississippi, considering the same move. For context,

before the Supreme Court decision, the states shown here in red redrawn maps to benefit Republicans.

States in blue had done the same for Democrats. States were already considering changes in yellow there.

The Florida was weighing a new map before the Supreme Court ruling. Amy, when you look at this whole picture, what kind of maps are we going to end up with?

Who are they going to benefit? Well, they're going to benefit incumbents. We're going to have fewer and fewer really truly competitive seats because the goal here is to make as many safe districts for one party or the other.

Today, if you look at those seats that you mentioned in Louisiana, Alabama, and maybe Mississippi, but definitely Tennessee,

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