Lawyers are notoriously bad at math, so when a case involves mathematical formulas, it tends to baffle and confuse advocates and judges alike. Such a case goes before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday—Gill v. Whitford, a political redistricting case from Wisconsin.Source: A Line the High Court Shouldn’t Cross...
WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has long been troubled by extreme partisan gerrymandering, where the party in power draws voting districts to give itself a lopsided advantage in elections.Source: Kennedy’s Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics...
SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with theSource: Russians took a page from corporate America by using Facebook tool to ID and...
Former Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., arranged to use a Capitol meeting room on behalf of a lobbying client. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo) A recent panel discussion about alleged governmental corruption in Ukraine, organized by lobbyist and former Rep.Source: Lobbyists Use of Capitol Meeting Space Raises Questions...
Before oral argument I explained that the vote in Gill v. Whitford is likely to come down to Justice Kennedy, with the Court’s four liberal Justices voting to rein in partisan gerrymandering and the four conservatives voting against it.Source: With Justice Kennedy Seriously Considering Being the 5th Vote to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering, The Chief Justice Worries About the Political Thicket...
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Critical issues including gerrymandering and voter purging will be front and center, alongside Trump’s travel ban and a much-discussed gay wedding cake 02.00 EDT Last modified on Sunday 1 October 2017 02.Source: US supreme court: this season's cases and why they matter...
WASHINGTON — The sweeping tax rewrite unveiled by President Trump and Republican lawmakers this past week leaves many of the details to Congress, but two sentences in the nine-page framework have Washington lobbyists salivating over a payday that some industry experts predict could top $1 billion.Source: How Two Sentences in Tax Plan May Help Unleash $1 Billion in Lobbying...
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a major new case about partisan gerrymandering. The case began just days after the Nov. 8 election, when a federal court struck down a Republican-drawn legislative map in Wisconsin for being too partisan.Source: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court’s big gerrymandering case...
SAN FRANCISCO — Google has become the latest Silicon Valley giant to become entangled in a widening investigation into how online social networks and technology products may have played a role in Russian interference in the 2016 election.Source: Google Prepares to Brief Congress on Its Role in Election...
