The Supreme Court will grapple with the legality of partisan gerrymandering in March when it hears arguments challenging congressional-district maps in two states.Source: Supreme Court to take on partisan gerrymandering this year...
When the Democrats who control New Jersey’s legislature attempted to fast track a constitutional amendment to change the way the state draws its legislative districts, a cry went up from the party’s liberal base.Source: New Jersey is the latest battleground in national redistricting fight...
The Supreme Court released the calendar for its February sitting today.Source: Justices release February argument calendar...
Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote. The final tally is: yes 512,218; no 505,274. The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties.Source: Utah Initiative for Nonpartisan Redistricting Passed, Even Though it Lost in 25 of Utah’s 29 Counties...
The Supreme Court is scheduled to return to a deeply divisive issue on Friday when the justices meet behind closed doors to discuss an issue left unresolved last term: when do states go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain?Source: Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday...
The redistricting after the 2020 Census will mark the first time in modern history that Maryland has redrawn its congressional maps under a divided government. Early signs suggest a prolonged fight.Source: Maryland faces big battle over partisan gerrymandering...
SALT LAKE CITY — Proposition 4, the ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission as a stopgap against what's known as gerrymandering by lawmakers, appears to have narrowly won voter approval.Source: Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering set to narrowly pass...
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of redistricting in Virginia, agreeing to hear an appeal filed by Republican legislators of a lower court’s ruling that 11 House of Delegates districts must be redrawn to correct racial gerrymandering.Source: U.S. Supreme Court to take up Virginia redistricting case on racial gerrymandering...
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joined by House Democrats, leaves the podium after delivering remarks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.Source: Gerrymandering suffered big, potentially permanent blows last night...
The Supreme Court refused Friday to delay an upcoming trial in which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Source: Supreme Court allows trial on census citizenship question to go forward...
