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Nov

LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, State Lawslegal, lpstatelaw, PA State Supreme Court, partisan gerrymandering, Pennsylvania, States, Supreme Court, turzai

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Pennsylvania Republican’s Congressional Map Appeal

By Michelle Davis

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari to Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania legislature after a January ruling by the Pa. State Supreme Court invalidating the congressional map enacted by…

24

Jul

FEATURES, LAW, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Prepbenesik v Lamone, lawindepth, ncsl, partisan gerrymandering, Supreme Court, webinar, Whitford v Gill

Listen to the NCSL Webinar on Recent Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decisions

By Editor

Last week the National Conference of State Legislatures hosted this webinar on the recent Supreme Court Partisan Gerrymandering decisions.  You can watch/listen below.  The discussion gives good insight into the…

24

Jul

LAW, NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Commissions, REFORMballot initiative, MI, Michigan, oral argument, state supreme court, VIDEO

Michigan State Supreme Court Hears Argument on Commission Ballot Initiative

By Editor

Last week, the Michigan State Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that pits redistricting reform advocates at odds with opponents about whether to allow a proposal for an…

09

Jul

Equal Protection, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting GerrymandersGrofman, legal, partisan gerrymandering

Leading Expert in Redistricting “Grofman,” Suggests a Path to Proving Partisan Gerrymandering

By Editor

Bernard Grofman, author, professor at the University of California at Irvine, and an expert witness in a multitude of redistricting cases, published this article in the Washington Post today.  In…

22

Feb

NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, State Lawscongressional, featured, League of Women Voters of PA, PA State Supreme Court, partisan gerrymandering, Pennsylvania

State Supreme Court Redraws Pennsylvania Congressional Map

By Editor

  Pennsylvania - This January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the state's congressional map was an unconstitutional gerrymander.  The plaintiffs had alleged the map is an eggregious partisan gerrymander executed by Republican state lawmakers that allowed…

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Jan

Equal Protection, FEATURES, Redistricting, Redistricting GerrymandersAtlas of Redistricting, congress, congressional, featured, fivethirtyeight, gerrymandering, legal, maps, partisan gerrymandering

The FiveThirtyEight Blog Releases the Atlas of Redistricting. The Maps are Impressive but Unusable

By Editor

  This week, the sports and politics polling blog FiveThirtyEight released its Atlas of Redistricting.  It takes a comprehensive look at the mapping possibilities for every congressional district in the…

18

Jan

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Highlights from State Supreme Court Oral Argument in Pennsylvania Congressional Map Challenge

By Editor

Pennsylvania - On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the challenges to the state's 2011 congressional map.  The case, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania…

23

Jan

Equal Protection, NEWS, Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting GerrymandersAlabama, black caucus, legal, racial gerrymandering

Federal District Court in Alabama Strikes Down 12 State Legislative Districts on Remand

By Editor

Alabama - A U.S. District Court panel invalidated a substantial portion of the Alabama state legislative district map after considering the racial gerrymandering challenge on remand from the U.S. Supreme…

18

Jan

Equal Protection, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Race RulesCampaign Legal Center, efficiency gap, legal, Wisconsin

The Efficiency Gap Visualized Through the Decades

By Editor

The hottest thing in redistricting - if there is such a thing - is undoubtedly the emergence of "Efficiency Gap" analysis, and whether this measurement of how gerrymandered a map…