09

Mar

Redistricting Race Rulesevents, Massachusetts

UMass Lowell to Mark 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act

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Contacts for media:  Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu LOWELL, Mass. – Fifty years ago this month, civil rights activists engaged in three historic marches from…

09

Mar

Elections Clause, Redistricting Commissions, Redistricting LitigationArizona, Independent Redistricting Commission, lawid, oral argument, state legislature

Listen to Supreme Court Oral Argument in the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Case

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Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The case revolves around the Republican-led legislatures' challenge to a state constitutional amendment…

04

Mar

Redistricting Race RulesACLU, Yakima Washington

ACLU Seeking Millions in Yakima Voting Rights Lawsuit

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The city of Yakima lost a voting rights lawsuit against its at-large city council elections. Now the ACLU, which filed the lawsuit - wants court costs and attorneys fees. The…

02

Mar

Casedocs, Equal Protection, FEATURES, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting LitigationAlabama, lpequalpro, States, Supreme Court

Supreme Court May Resurrect Alabama Legislative Black Caucus’ Equal Population Claims

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The Alabama Legislative Black Caucus' Supreme Court Case was late last year, and focused on whether that state's 2012 legislative redistricting plan was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Interestingly, there was…

26

Feb

Redistricting, Redistricting CommissionsArizona, Independent Redistriicting Commission

Previewing Supreme Court Oral Argument in Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission v. Arizona

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Michael Morley ( assistant professor of law at the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law at Barry University) and Nick Stephanopoulos (assistant professor of law at the University of Chicago Law…

25

Feb

Local Redistricting, Redistricting, Redistricting Criteria, Redistricting LitigationCalifornia, local, Los Angeles, Redistricting News

Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Upheld by Federal Court

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Los Angeles - City Council President Herb Wesson was vindicated by a federal court's ruling that the council's controversial 2012 redistricting map was not an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.  Despite so-called…

24

Feb

Redistricting Race Rules

Alabama Law Review Symposium: 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

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 Tuscaloosa, Alabama - February 27 8:00am -5:00pm The University of Alabama School of Law is pleased to announce the presenters for the Alabama Law Review’s Voting Rights Act Symposium. Join…

24

Feb

Redistricting Race RulesMoritz College of Law, Pam Karlan, Thomas Perez

VRA at 50: March 4th at Ohio State Univ. Moritz College of Law

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Ohio - On March 4, two experts will address the history, legacy, and  future of the Voting Rights Act in events presented by The Ohio State  University’s Moritz College of Law,…

24

Feb

Redistricting, Redistricting Race RulesMeet the Press, VRA

Meet The Press Tackles the Voting Rights Act Amendment

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Its been over 18 months since the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, can Republicans and Democrats bridge the divide on the Voting Rights…