Moving with unusual speed, the Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for acting soon – probably on Friday – on the constitutional controversy over asking everyone living in America about their citizenship, as part of the 2020 census.Source: Supreme Court likely to act this week on census dispute...
Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census. The states then use the data from the census to draw new maps for their state legislatures and federal congressional districts. The maps often take politics into account – for example, to protect incumbents.Source: Justices to tackle partisan gerrymandering … again: In Plain English...
The Ninth Circuit has set out a briefing schedule for Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458. The organizations and voters challenging the huge population of California legislative districts must file the opening brief by May 8. The state brief is then due June 7.Source: Ninth Circuit Sets Briefing Schedule for Case Challenging Huge Size of California Legislative Districts...
Lansing — A lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering by Michigan's Republican-led Legislature is heading toward trial next week after a three-judge panel rejected a settlement proposed by Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and plaintiffs.Source: Court rejects settlement in Michigan gerrymandering suit...
RICHMOND — Republican leaders of the House of Delegates have put together a plan for establishing an independent redistricting commission, aiming to change the process of drawing legislative boundaries even as they challenge a current redistricting effort in court.Source: Virginia House GOP leaders endorse plan for independent redistricting commission...
Durham, N.C. — If the 300-odd people packed inside a cavernous Duke University event space this weekend to discuss efforts to end gerrymandering needed any reminders the issue was rapidly shifting under their feet, they barely had to wait for the event's opening lunch. Around noon Friday, the U.Source: Supreme Court casts long shadow over talks on gerrymandering reform...
RICHMOND — Federal judges have selected a Virginia House of Delegates redistricting map that appears to heavily favor Democrats, redrawing the lines of 26 districts and moving several powerful Republicans into unfavorable configurations.Source: Federal judges choose Va. redistricting map favorable to Democrats; six GOP House districts would get bluer...
To get the districts they wanted, Democrats organized groups that said they represented communities, but really represented the party. This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Source: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission...
LOS ANGELES—Barack Obama and Arnold Schwarzenegger agree: neither thinks Donald Trump has any business being anywhere near the White House, but the main political issue that they’re going to focus on for the next two years is redistricting reform. The clock is ticking.Source: Is This the Year for a Redistricting Revolution?...
Redistricting commissions formed to draw fairer congressional maps have sprung up in more than one third of states—partly in response to the lack of judicial clarity on partisan gerrymandering. But their legal vitality could be on shaky ground.Source: Panels to End Gerrymandering Could Reach SCOTUS (2)...
