The defendants filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.

While the intersection of race and politics in districting is complex, the Supreme Court has been clear on one point:  States may not sort people by race in drawing districts, and states may not use race as a proxy for politics to achieve cynical partisan gains. The Virginia delegation’s argument in this case seeks to undermine that principle. If they succeed, legislatures could use minority voters as a pawn in their political game, singling them out for diminished voting strength and using them as pawns to achieve their partisan goals.  The Campaign Legal Center submitted an amici curiae brief of the on behalf of itself, the League of Women Voters, the Voting Rights Institute and the National Council of Jewish Women.  

The Campaign Legal Center, which is litigating the landmark case Whitford v. Gill to end partisan gerrymandering, released a report, Make Democracy Count: Ending Partisan Gerrymandering.  ​

The report highlights the impact partisan gerrymandering, or the drawing of electoral district lines to benefit one political party, has on our democracy and suggests a key solution that can be used to ensure fair elections nationwide. 

Partisan gerrymandering, or the drawing of electoral district lines to benefit one political party, is a serious problem in our democracy. This practice creates an unrepresentative and unfair democracy and also encourages self-interested politics. In jurisdictions nationwide, legislators have drawn legislative maps so that they can choose their voters, instead of voters being able to choose their representatives.

Whitford v. Gill: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Plaintiffs' Response Brief on Remedies