supreme court’s gerrymander decision shifts fight back to states
Supreme Court's this week not to rein partisan gerrymandering has set the stage for activists and legislators to ramp up redistricting efforts at the state level.. ..…
supreme court takes federal courts out of partisan gerrymandering
One case decided Thursday, from North Carolina, concerned a plan drawn by Republican state lawmakers in 2016 that included a criterion called “partisan advantage.” . ... A key goal, lawmakers said, was “to maintain the current partisan makeup of North..…
supreme court punts on partisan gerrymandering, sets up fight in the
In 5-4 vote along ideological lines, the court's majority said, in the words of Chief Justice John Roberts majority opinion, that federal judges have no license to reallocate power between the major political parties.. ..…
the supreme court just abdicated its most important role: enforcing
In North Carolina, one of the states involved in the cases decided by the court, Republicans employed these techniques to turn what was essentially a purple state into a red one. When the party achieved a slight majority in the North Carolina Legislature, it drew election..…
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The decision came as the court rejected challenges to Republican-drawn districts North Carolina and Democratic district Maryland.. Doug Poland, attorney for Democratic voters in Wisconsin case, said lawyers for Republican legislators asked him after the ruling if he would..…
supreme court’s gerrymandering ruling represents a dangerous threat
It happened, just happened, to be case of Republican justices finding this to be the case about blatantly gerrymandered congressional map North Carolina that was, without any question or doubt, designed to maximize the yield of Republicans in North Carolina to number than the..…
supreme court says gerrymandering fix up to voters, not judges
Republicans North Carolina drew map in 2016 to ensure control of 10 of the 13 congressional districts. ..…
after court defeat on redistricting, democrats look to state courts
By judges they helped to elect, Democrats will double down on flipping state Supreme Courts and bring more lawsuits to be heard, said Scott Walker, Wisconsin and the national finance chairman of National Republican Redistricting Trust.. Supreme Court declined to intervene on challenges to maps..…
supreme court allows states to draw partisan political maps
In the North Carolina case, state Republican lawmakers required that map to entrench a 10-3 advantage for their party despite a majority of voters statewide voting for Democratic candidates. ..…
states poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering
Ohio is one of several states affected by Supreme Court's ruling, which overturned lower court decisions that North Carolina Republicans and Maryland Democrats had gerrymandered congressional districts to their political advantage.. AP's analysis also found Republican in state..…
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