To the surprise of Supreme Court observers and election lawyers, on Friday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a second political gerrymandering case this term, this time out of Maryland: In October, the justices heard oral argument in a challenge to the redistricting plan passed by Wisconsin’s RepubSource: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Maryland Redistricting Case...
Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional district sprawls across portions of five different counties. Its cartoonish shape has made it the poster child for gerrymandering nationwide. (Photo by Dan Gleiter/PennLive) U.S. Rep.Source: Over the Line: Life in the nation's most gerrymandered district...
In a case that could force the redrawing of congressional maps before the 2018 elections, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Thursday ordered a Commonwealth Court judge to hear a gerrymandering lawsuit by the end of the year. The high court’s 4-3 vote overturned a Commonwealth Court decision.Source: Gerrymandering suit can proceed, Pa. Supreme Court rules...
In the late spring of 2011, Dale Schultz walked the short block in Madison from his State Senate office in the Wisconsin Capitol to the glass-paneled building of Michael Best & Friedrich, a law firm with deep ties to his Republican Party.Source: The New Front in the Gerrymandering Wars: Democracy vs. Math...
Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. In June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear its first partisan gerrymandering case in more than a decade. This case, Gill v.Source: The research that convinced SCOTUS to take the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, explained...
