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Jul

Case Updates, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, State Lawslawindepth, 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, VIDEOlawindepth, 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…

12

Apr

Case Updates, Partisan Gerrymandering, Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigationlawindepth, Texas

Litigation Notes: Challenge to Galveston Co. TX Commissioner Court Map Survives Motion to Dismiss and will Proceed to Trial

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Galveston Co., Texas: The County's adopted commissioner court precinct map for the 2020 cycle, is being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), voting rights organizations, and several individual…

10

Apr

Case Updates, NEWS, Official Redistricting Entities, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Commissions, Redistricting LitigationIndependent Redistricting Commission, lawindepth, new york, nyirc, policyindepth, redistricting commissions, STATENEWS

Briefs Filed in Litigation to Redraw New York’s Congressional Map

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Last week, briefs were filed in a case brought by a group of voters to redraw New York's current congressional map. The state used a map drawn by a court…

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…

27

Mar

Case Updates, Casedocs, LAW, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Functions, State Lawslawindepth, 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…

08

Mar

HOME, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, State Lawslawindepth, North Carolina, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Request to Block North Carolina Court’s Congressional Map

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On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency application for a stay of the North Carolina State supreme court's decision to invalidate the congressional map that the legislature enacted…

06

Feb

Case Updates, Casedocs, LATEST, LAW, Partisan Gerrymandering, Redistricting, Redistricting Gerrymanders, Redistricting Litigation, State LawsNorth Carolina, partisan gerrymandering, STATENEWS

North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Legislature’s 2021 Redistricting Maps. Redraw Ordered.

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On Friday, the North Carolina State Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that upheld the legislature's 2021 congressional and state legislative maps against both racial and partisan gerrymandering claims.…