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Feb

NEWS, RedistrictingFlorida, louisiana, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, STATENEWS, weekly update, Wisconsin

Redistricting Update. Week of January 28, 2024: News from FL, LA, MI, MO, NC, and WI.

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Redistricting developments in the states for the week of January 28, 2024. Click on the state button for more news and media. NationalRedistricting fights in these states could determine which…

08

Jan

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Redistricting Update: Week of January 7, 2024. News from GA, KY, MI, NY, NC, and WI.

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Redistricting developments in the states for the week of January 7, 2024 . Click on the state button for more news and media. NationalRedistricting Decisions Will Reshape Legislative Maps in…

05

Jul

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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…

29

Jun

Case Updates, Casedocs, Elections Clause, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Redistricting, Redistricting Litigationindependent state legislature theory, lawindepth, North Carolina, STATENEWS

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Exclusive Power of State Legislatures to Draw Redistricting Maps in NC Case

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On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court held that state legislatures do not have exclusive and independent authority to set the rules regarding federal elections under the U.S. Constitution's Elections Clause.…

15

Mar

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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…

05

Mar

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U.S. Supreme Court Calls for 2nd Briefing in NC Map Case

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On March 2, parties to the Moore v. Harper case were directed by the U.S. Supreme Court to file supplemental letter briefs addressing the following question: What is the effect…

15

Dec

Case Updates, Elections Clause, LAW, Redistricting Litigationlawindepth, North Carolina

WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument in NC Congressional Map Case (Moore v. Harper)

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a case regarding North Carolina’s congressional district map. North Carolina’s 2021 congressional map was approved by the Republican-controlled state…

08

Mar

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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.…