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Tag Archives: Gerrymandering
Argument preview: Virginia racial gerrymandering case returns to Supreme Court
The issue of gerrymandering will be front and center at the Supreme Court in March. On March 26, the justices will tackle two of the highest-profile cases of the term, involving partisan gerrymandering – the idea that state officials went … Continue reading
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Justices to tackle partisan gerrymandering … again: In Plain English
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, … Continue reading
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Supreme Court to tackle partisan gerrymandering again
Less than six months after sidestepping a ruling on partisan gerrymandering, the justices announced this afternoon that they will once again wade into the thorny issue of when (if ever) state officials violate the Constitution by drawing district lines to … Continue reading
Broad review of partisan gerrymandering urged
A group of Maryland Republican voters, claiming that they were penalized for supporting their party’s candidates in the polling booth, asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to make a sweeping review of the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering, and to do … Continue reading
No Standing in the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
The Supreme Court today decided the partisan gerrymandering cases without reaching the merits. As I often tell my students, lower federal courts have to take standing doctrine seriously. The Court, by contrast, just uses standing as a tool to manage … Continue reading