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Jul

Case Updates, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, State LawsIN-DEPTH, lawindepth, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS, Utah

Utah Supreme Court Requests Additional Briefing in Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge

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The Utah Supreme Court seemed to be grappling with the issue of the citizen's right to initiative versus the legislature's right to enact laws. After oral argument in a case…

18

Jul

Case Updates, LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, State Laws, VIDEOIN-DEPTH, lawindepth, litigation, partisan gerrymandering, Utah

Watch: Utah Supreme Court Oral Argument in Congressional Map Partisan Gerrymandering Case

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The Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a partisan gerrymandering challenge to the state's 2021 congressional map. The case is League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State…

17

Jul

Partisan Gerrymandering, Race in Redistricting, Redistricting, Redistricting Race Rules, State LawsKansas, STATENEWS

Update: Status of Kansas Redistricting (July 2023)

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Major litigation against Kansas' redistricting maps has concluded however a key case against a local subdivision remains active and has just garnered significant support from a recent U.S. Supreme Court…

05

Jul

Elections Clause, HOME, NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, State Lawsindependent state legislature theory, lawindepth, lpscotus, North Carolina, scotus

ELB Podcast: U.S. Democracy and the Independent State Legislature Theory after Moore v. Harper

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Listen to the Election Law Blog Podcast's voting rights roundtable discussion of Moore v. Harper. Derek Muller, Carolyn Shapiro, Bertrall Ross, and Rick Pildes discuss what the recent U.S. Supreme…

24

Apr

Casedocs, HOME, LATEST, NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, State LawsAlaska, lawindepth, STATENEWS

Alaska State Supreme Court Set to Decide if Interim Legislative Map Will Remain in Effect for the Decade

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On Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court issued its opinion detailing its March 2022 ruling that Alaska's legislative (a.k.a. Proclamation) Map violated the state's equal protection clause due to partisan gerrymandering.…

15

Mar

LATEST, NEWS, Redistricting Litigation, State LawsNorth Carolina, northcarolina, STATENEWS

Watch: NC Supreme Court Rehears Congressional Redistricting Map Case

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A reconstituted North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that the court decided in February of 2022. The 2022 decision invalidated the legislature's congressional map and…

29

Apr

Casedocs, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, State Lawslawindepth, new york, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS

Court: New York Will Have Congressional and Senate Maps by May 20.

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The litigation surrounding New York's congressional and senate maps will end by May 20, according to the Stueben County appellate court. The court's announcement comes after the state's highest court…

01

Apr

Case Updates, Casedocs, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Redistricting, State Lawsnew york, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS

New York Redistricting Maps Thrown Out by State Trial Court. Congressional Map Declared Partisan Gerrymander

By Editor

On Thursday, Mar. 31, a New York trial court invalidated the legislature's 2022 congressional and state legislative maps. The decision was primarily grounded in the procedural requirements of New York's…

27

Mar

Case Updates, Casedocs, LAW, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Functions, State LawsIN-DEPTH, lawindepth, Maryland, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS

Maryland State Court Throws Out 2021 Congressional Map Citing Extreme Gerrymandering

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On Friday, the Senior Judge of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County signed an order prohibiting use of the congressional map that the Maryland legislature approved - over a…