Tag: Gerrymander
Wisconsin GOP undoes legislative gerrymander after court pressure
Republicans were willing to pass the new maps only after being cornered by legal challenges in state court.
“Republicans were not stuck between a roc [...]
Justices Split on South Carolina Voting Map Said to Be Racial Gerrymander
Members of the Supreme Court struggled to disentangle race and politics in the voting districts drawn by state lawmakers.
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Supreme Court to Consider South Carolina Voting Map Ruled a Racial Gerrymander
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a congressional voting district in South Carolina should be restored after [...]
Louisiana House Map Is Blocked by Judge Who Calls It a Racial Gerrymander
A federal judge ruled on Monday that Louisiana’s new congressional map represented a racial gerrymander and must be redrawn to include a second distri [...]
State Court Rejects Kansas Congressional Map as a Gerrymander
WASHINGTON — A state court in Kansas on Monday threw out a newly drawn map of congressional districts as an unconstitutional gerrymander, the latest i [...]
State Court Rejects Kansas Congressional Map as a Gerrymander
WASHINGTON — A state court in Kansas on Monday threw out a newly drawn map of congressional districts as an unconstitutional gerrymander, the latest i [...]
As Both Parties Gerrymander Furiously, State Courts Block the Way
State courts in both Democratic and Republican states have been aggressively striking down gerrymandered political maps, as this year’s redistricting [...]
Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power? Draw Your Own Districts.
Gerrymandering is the intentional distortion of political districts to give one party an advantage, and it has been criticized for disenfranchising ma [...]
Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymander of Map
The Ohio Supreme Court struck down a congressional map skewed to favor Republicans on Friday, ruling it was the equivalent of a dealer stacking the de [...]
North Carolina Court Upholds Republican Gerrymander of Maps
WASHINGTON — A North Carolina state court on Tuesday rejected claims by voting rights advocates that Republican gerrymanders of the state’s political [...]
North Carolina’s extreme new gerrymander in House elections, explained
Last week, while the political world was transfixed on Virginia, something arguably more consequential took place in the state just south of it: [...]
The Gerrymander Battles Loom, as G.O.P. Appears to be like to Press Its Benefit
WASHINGTON — With the election over and Democrats answerable for the White Home and each chambers of Congress, officers in each events are bracing [...]
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