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Supreme Court Decides Procedural Issue in Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case

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Maryland (Benisek v. Lamone): This case was a procedural matter brought before the Supreme Court on the question of whether a federal district court should have denied a preliminary injunction…

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Supreme Court Mostly Befuddled in Oral Argument Over Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case

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Washington D.C. - This Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the three partisan gerrymandering cases before the court this term (Benesik v. Lamone). The…

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ABC News Takes a Deeper Look at Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map

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Pennsylvania - The state's new congressional map drawn by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court may look more esthetically pleasing to most, but it has serious political implications. Watch ABC News…

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State Supreme Court Redraws Pennsylvania Congressional Map

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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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Redistricting Weekly Update : Atlases and Mathematicians in the Fray

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The FiveThirtyEight Blog Releases the Atlas of Redistricting, The Maps are Impressive but Unusable FiveThirtyEight takes a comprehensive look at the mapping possibilities for every congressional district in the…

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

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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…

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A Quick History of North Carolina Redistricting Litigation Post 2010

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North Carolina - The redistricting process in North Carolina has the makings of a classic thriller. There are twists, turns, politics, intrigue, and edge of your seat courtroom drama. Not…

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U.S. Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Order to Redraw North Carolina Congressional Map

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North Carolina - This just in. The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed a lower court order to redraw North Carolina's congressional districts. That court recently found the North Carolina map…

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

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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…

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Watch: UW Professor Reviews Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case in Detail

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This challenge to Wisconsin's state legislative district map alleges the Wisconsin state assembly drew politically gerrymandered districts to entrench Republican power in 2011. Plaintiffs claim the gerrymander was so egregious, it…