18 Jan

The application for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, case Nos.Source: Breaking: Supreme Court, with Two Dissents, Stays Order to Redraw Congressional Districts After Lower Court Finding of a Partisan Gerrymander...

23:55 / Gerrymandering / vblog
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11 Jan

There has been so much action on partisan gerrymandering recently, I thought it is worth gaming out what is likely to happen over the next few months in relation to a number of cases at, or heading, to SCOTUS. Back in 2004 the Supreme Court in Vieth v.Source: The State of Play on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases at the Supreme Court...

02:23 / Gerrymandering / vblog / y class
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03 Jan

WASHINGTON — A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash from census experts and others who say the move could wreck chances for an accurateSource: Critics Say Questions About Citizenship Could Wreck Chances for an Accurate Census...

17:21 / Gerrymandering / Redistricting / vblog / y class
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24 Dec

WASHINGTON — Major cases await the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court when they return to the bench in January, including a test of how states purge their databases of unqualified voters and a challenge likely to deal a serious blow to the nation's public sector unions.Source: Major cases on voter purging, union power await Supreme Court in 2018...

04:47 / election administration / Gerrymandering / supreme court / vblog
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