Federal Judges Decline to Scrap Maryland’s Congressional Map
A divided three-judge panel of federal judges on Thursday declined to throw out Maryland’s congressional voting map that challengers say was intentionally designed to give Democrats an electoral edge....
View ArticleHigh Court Halts Order to Redraw Texas Voting Maps
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s ruling that two Texas congressional districts must be redrawn to address discrimination concerns. The post High Court Halts Order...
View ArticleJudges Toss NAACP’s Claims of Gerrymandering in Georgia
A three-member panel of federal judges dismissed allegations of voting-rights violations brought by the Georgia chapter of the NAACP, finding the group did not prove that a state law allowing for the...
View ArticleKasich Joins Schwarzenegger in Political Map-Making Fight
Ohio Gov. John Kasich joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that's helped fuel their own Republican party's rise to power. The...
View ArticleTime for Supreme Court to Tackle Partisan Gerrymandering, Poll Shows
With the Supreme Court set to hear a potentially landmark-setting case on partisan gerrymandering next month, a poll released Monday shows that most Americans want the judicial branch’s input. The post...
View ArticleDivided High Court Blocks Orders to Redraw Texas Election Maps
In two orders issued late Tuesday, a divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked rulings from federal judges that invalidated two congressional districts in Texas and nine state House districts. The post...
View ArticleHigh Court Gears Up for Partisan Gerrymandering Case
In a case Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referred to as the "most important" that will come before the court this term, the Supreme Court will hear a partisan gerrymandering challenge Tuesday that could...
View ArticleNot Your Father’s Gerrymandering, Lawyer Warns High Court
Urging the Supreme Court to crack down on Wisconsin Republicans for political gerrymandering, an attorney for voters warned the justices Tuesday that turning a blind eye will only embolden...
View ArticleVoters Accuse Georgia of Racial Gerrymandering
As the Supreme Court heard arguments last week on a gerrymandering case from Wisconsin that has the potential to reform U.S. politics nationwide, Georgia voters sued their state in federal court,...
View ArticleFederal Judges Say Special Master Should Draw NC Electoral Districts
A three-judge panel of federal judges on Thursday ruled that a special master should be brought in to redraw electoral districts previously found to discriminate against minorities. The post Federal...
View ArticleNC Voters Seek Emergency Relief After High Court Gerrymander Order
Voters in North Carolina filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking a state court to order that election districts crafted by a court-appointed special master be put into effect in time for upcoming...
View ArticleLawmakers Face Friday Deadline for Producing New Congressional Map
Pennsylvania lawmakers working against a court-ordered Friday deadline to produce a replacement for a 6-year-old congressional district map thrown out last month say it's unclear if they'll get it done.
View ArticlePennsylvania GOP Submits New Congressional Map to Governor
The Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania legislature on Friday night submitted a new statewide map of congressional districts to the state's Democratic governor. The map is intended to replace a...
View ArticlePa. Governor Rejects Latest GOP District Map
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Tom Wolf said Tuesday he is rejecting a new proposed map for the state’s congressional districts, saying the latest map drafted by the state legislature's top...
View ArticleCourt to Seek New Map in Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Case
Thursday is deadline day in Pennsylvania's high-stakes gerrymandering case for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and others to submit maps of new congressional district boundaries that they want the state...
View ArticleCourt-Fashioned Pennsylvania Redistricting Divides GOP, Experts
Unveiled by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after state lawmakers failed to revise gerrymandered election districts, the new maps sparked applause by nonpartisan experts but GOP outrage Tuesday.
View ArticleFourth Circuit Finds Lower Court Erred in Attorney’s Fee Award
The Fourth Circuit Tuesday said it's up to a lower court to reset a $1.35 million attorney's fee award in a long-running Virginia gerrymander case after concluding it's not up to the Commonwealth to...
View ArticleAlito Seeks Input on Pennsylvania Congressional Map Dispute
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is giving the Democratic voters who successfully challenged Pennsylvania's congressional map a few days to weigh in on whether the new districts should be put on hold.
View ArticleVirginia Supreme Court Weighs ‘Compactness’ of Election Districts
Lawyers for the Commonwealth of Virginia appeared before the state Supreme Court Thursday arguing that legislators are legally allowed to create electoral district maps -- even if the districts are not...
View ArticleSupreme Court Denies GOP Bid to Block New Pa. Congressional Map
The Supreme Court on Monday denied an emergency appeal by Pennsylvania Republicans to block the implementation of new congressional maps, a significant blow to the GOP that makes it far more likely...
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