Supreme Court ruling sparks redistricting rush, voting rights fears deepen

Jane Pauley’s Sunday Morning opens with a warning for voters far beyond Louisiana: a Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is already pushing Republican officials in some southern states to consider special sessions and redraw maps before the 2026 midterms. Analysts say the case could mark a sharp turn in how racial representation and partisan mapmaking are handled nationwide, with consequences that may stretch into the 2028 cycle.

The practical question is simple, and it reaches into every district fight now under way: who gains power, who loses it, and how many seats can be made safer before voters even reach the ballot box. If state legislatures move quickly, new lines could reduce the influence of Black voters in districts that were designed to protect voting rights, while giving Republicans a better shot at locking in more favorable maps. The fight is no longer just about one Louisiana map; it is about whether the Voting Rights Act still has enough force to shape congressional boundaries in the South.

That legal battle is one of several national stories featured on the May 10, 2026 broadcast of CBS News Sunday Morning, hosted by Jane Pauley and scheduled for 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. ET. The program also marks the looming end of CBS News Radio, which CBS says will close on May 22 after nearly a century. Its legacy runs through Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout and Charles Osgood, names that helped define broadcast journalism for generations.

The hour also turns to grief and community through Hope Edelman, whose 1994 bestseller Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss became an instant bestseller and led to a support network that has held retreats since 2016. More than 500 women have attended those gatherings across the country, finding a shared language for loss that many have carried since childhood.

Another segment looks at Martin Short and the pain behind his public humor, while a separate feature follows the slow rebuild in Los Angeles after last year’s wildfires. In early 2026, construction had begun on only about 500 homes after more than 16,000 structures were lost, a pace that leaves survivors in Pacific Palisades, Altadena and elsewhere wrestling with permits, insurance and rising costs. The Palisades Fire alone destroyed 6,833 structures and killed 12 people.

The broadcast also remembers Ted Turner, who died May 6 at 87 after founding CNN in 1980 and building an empire that included TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks. Martha Stewart closes the hour with Mother’s Day breakfast ideas from The Martha Way: Essential Principles for Mastering Home and Living, a small domestic counterpoint to a morning dominated by public power, loss and the rules that decide who gets heard.