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May 02 2024
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The Democrats’ New Chance in Wisconsin
For years, Wisconsin has been one of the most heavily gerrymandered states in the country, with legislative districts that overwhelmingly favored Republicans. In fact, the maps were so one-sided that, even though the state has a roughly equal share of Democrats and Republicans, Republicans were able to lock in large majorities in the State Assembly and Senate. But earlier this year, the state
New York Times (News)May 15 2023
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Supreme Court to Consider If GOP Lawmakers Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina District
Supreme Court to Consider If GOP Lawmakers Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina District Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) speaks during a news conference about a cannabis reform bill she introduced on Nov. 15, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. . (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the congressional seat currently
The Epoch TimesMay 15 2023
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Supreme Court To Hear South Carolina Republicans’ Challenge To Racial Gerrymandering Decision
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider South Carolina Republican lawmakers’ challenge to a lower court decision that found they had racially gerrymandered a map for one of the state’s congressional districts. The NAACP filed a lawsuit in 2021 alleging the new congressional district maps drawn by Republican lawmakers discriminated against black voters by intentionally diluting
The Daily CallerMay 15 2023
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Supreme Court to Consider South Carolina Voting Map Ruled a Racial Gerrymander
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a congressional voting district in South Carolina should be restored after a lower court struck it down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. A unanimous three-judge panel of the Federal District Court in Columbia, S.C., ruled in January that the state’s First Congressional District, drawn after the 2020 census,
New York Times (News)May 15 2023
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Supreme Court agrees to take up South Carolina racial gerrymandering case
The Supreme Court agreed to consider a lower court decision that struck down a congressional district in South Carolina as an illegal racial gerrymander. The state argued that the Republican-led legislature took political issues under consideration when drawing the map and that the use of race did not predominate in its decision-making process. But lawyers for the NAACP told the justices that
CNN (Online News)May 15 2023
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Supreme Court will weigh South Carolina GOP dispute of racial gerrymander claim
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to take up a case by South Carolina Republicans to preserve a congressional district after a lower court found it had been racially gerrymandered. South Carolina Senate President Thomas Alexander, a Republican, is challenging a January lower court ruling that found one of the state's seven recently drawn districts was put together in a way that weakened the
Washington ExaminerMar 26 2015
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Guest Commentary: Ranked-Choice Voting & Independent Redistricting
In our current political system, gerrymandering empowers elected officials to choose their voters rather than have voters choose the politicians. The result? Partisanship and polarization. Centrists are stymied and politics less civil due to an overwhelming number of non-competitive legislative districts. As a result, politicians have little incentive to forge thoughtful, practical solutions.
Falls Church News - PressJun 08 2023
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Supreme Court ruling on Alabama redistricting could affect Florida cases
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, a decision that could affect similar legal battles over lines drawn in Florida. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act
Orlando SentinelMay 02 2024
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Federal panel's rejection of 2nd Black congressional district for Louisiana creates havoc
WASHINGTON – A court’s decision late Tuesday to throw out the maps of the districts used to elect Louisiana’s six U.S. House members has thrown this fall's election into chaos, setting up the potential for a last-minute fight before the U.S. Supreme Court. A 2-1 ruling by a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Callais v. Landry forbids the state from using its new congressional election
The Times-PicayuneJun 08 2023
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court's liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in
The Huntsville Item