13

Nov

Casedocs, Redistricting, Redistricting Litigationamicus brief, Ansolabehere, Evenwel, Grofman, lawid, one person one vote, Persily, Supreme Court

Supreme Ct Preview: Persily Amicus Brief on the One Person One Vote Requirement

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In this latest Supreme Court case Evenwel v. Abbott, exploring the claim that political redistricting should focus on balancing the number of eligible voters in the population across districts as…

12

Nov

Redistricting, Redistricting LitigationEvenwel, one person one vote, Supreme Court

Redistricting Population Controversy: Pits Rural Against Urban

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Vice President of litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Nina Perales writes this article in the Washington Post's "In Theory" series urging the Supreme Court to…

03

Nov

Redistricting, Redistricting LitigationEvenwel, one person one vote, Supreme Court

Redistricting Population Controversy: A Demographer’s View

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Demographer and redistricting consultant Peter A. Morrison writes this article in the Washington Post's "In Theory" segment urging the Supreme Court to require political districts be drawn so that "eligible voters"…

06

Oct

Redistricting, Redistricting LitigationEvenwel, lawid, Supreme Court, Texas

One Person?/Voter?/Citizen? One Vote

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Does the constitution guarantee every person the right to an equally weighted vote? or just to eligible voters? or perhaps just citizens? (more…)

08

Apr

RedistrictingNC, North Carolina, northcarolina, Supreme Court, voter ID

Supreme Court Declines Review of North Carolina Voting Laws

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North Carolina: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to review of the legality of North Carolina’s new voting identification laws and other restrictions on voting intended to curb voter fraud.…

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…