The Supreme Court’s Hands Are All Over The 2022 Midterm Election Results
2 years, 1 month ago

The Supreme Court’s Hands Are All Over The 2022 Midterm Election Results

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LOADING ERROR LOADING If Republicans win control of the House by just a handful of seats or less, they will owe their slim majority to the Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court. In a series of election law cases, including one yet to be decided, the court’s conservative justices authorized partisan gerrymandering and effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act’s protections against racially discriminatory redistricting. In addition, the court’s “shadow docket” decision suspending lower court rulings that would have mandated Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana draw new Black majority districts directly cost Democrats two seats. But the Supreme Court intervened to block both decisions in Alabama and Louisiana, allowing the state’s elections to go forward with the current maps deemed by lower courts to be racially discriminatory. Democrats attempted to fight back against the court’s decisions favoring Republicans politically by enacting legislation that would have strengthened voting rights, limited partisan gerrymandering and required disclosure of dark money in elections.

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Abortion-rights groups see mixed success in races for state Supreme Court seats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion-rights groups see mixed success in races for state Supreme Court seats

Associated Press  

A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday’s election, with Republicans expanding their majority on Ohio’s court while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. “State Supreme Court judges don’t really have anything to say about the economy, but they certainly do have something to say about reproductive rights …

Opinion: Republican gerrymandering will shape control of Congress, and potentially the White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Republican gerrymandering will shape control of Congress, and potentially the White House

LA Times  

Much like the fight for the White House and the Senate, the battle for control of the House is especially tight — but it is being played on a field tilted decisively toward the GOP. Thanks to a 2019 Supreme Court decision that declared partisan gerrymandering a political issue that the federal courts could not decide, the national congressional map …

Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans
2 months ago

Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans

Salon  

In 1999, there were 164 House districts where election results were within five points of the national popular vote. The problem, for Democrats, is that two states where they likely had the best opportunity to pick up seats via redistricting, New York and California, have laws preventing them from doing so. Alabama and Louisiana were ordered by a court to …

How partisan supreme court elections are shaping Ohio
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How partisan supreme court elections are shaping Ohio

Raw Story  

Ohio is one of seven states that elects state supreme court justices based on partisan elections — which can impact voters and campaign finance dollars. “State courts are all deciding more significant national issues than they were in the past.” Nonpartisan elections are used in 14 states for state supreme court races and another 14 use what’s called “merit selection,” …

How the Supreme Court could reshape the 2024 race — again
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Supreme Court could reshape the 2024 race — again

Politico  

Heading into the court’s opening session on Monday, the justices have agreed to hear 40 cases this term. The Democratic National Committee and others have sued in state court over the election board’s moves, but legal experts say the issue could wind up at the Supreme Court either before or after the election. “If the election is very close — …

Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area
5 months, 1 week ago

Utah Supreme Court sides with opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning area

Associated Press  

Utah’s Supreme Court handed a victory Thursday to opponents of redistricting that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County among four congressional districts that have since all elected Republicans by wide margins. The Supreme Court sent the case back to a lower court to revisit the process for redrawing the state’s congressional boundaries. The contested map approved by the state’s Republican-controlled …

Clarence Thomas Makes a Full-Throated Case for Racial Gerrymandering
7 months ago

Clarence Thomas Makes a Full-Throated Case for Racial Gerrymandering

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision on Thursday in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP is a devastating blow to the fight against racial gerrymandering. And yet, as bad as Alito’s opinion was, it didn’t go far enough for Justice Clarence Thomas, who penned a solo concurrence demanding a radical move: The Supreme Court, he argued, should overrule every precedent that limits …

Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress

LA Times  

Supreme Court justices were acting on emergency appeals from civil rights lawyers as well as Louisiana’s Republican leaders. The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow Black voters to elect a Democrat to Congress this fall. In a separate case last year, the Supreme …

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.” The stakes are huge …

Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress?

Associated Press  

Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. But that equation could flip to Democrats’ favor depending on what happens in an ongoing effort to reshape New York’s congressional districts. The Republican-led General Assembly in October approved …

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine maps redrawing state legislative districts said Thursday that plans submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders, but they stopped short of declaring the other four maps constitutional. “While this is just one step in this process, today is an important day for …

Wisconsin Republican leader slams Democrats’ proposed election maps as ‘political gerrymander’
11 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Republican leader slams Democrats’ proposed election maps as ‘political gerrymander’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s powerful Republican Assembly leader said Tuesday that he hopes the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander” and threatened an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The map submitted by Republicans would maintain the current 64-35 GOP majority, while other maps would …

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024, with big spending expected
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024, with big spending expected

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress, but another series of races is shaping up to be just as consequential. Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other issues will take center stage in next year’s elections for state supreme court seats — 80 of them in …

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024

LA Times  

From left, Arizona Supreme Court Justices William G. Montgomery, John R. Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick and James Beene listen to oral arguments in a case in Phoenix on April 20, 2021. Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other issues will take center stage in next year’s …

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats
1 year ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats

LA Times  

The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments from Wisconsin Assistant Atty. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a state with large Republican legislative majorities. “Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin …

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats
1 year ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities. “Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin the Wisconsin Elections Commission …

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes
1 year ago

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year. “There’s no hard and fast definition or bright line to define partisan gerrymandering,” said New York Law School professor Jeffrey Wice, who focuses on redistricting. …

Ohio Supreme Court dismisses 3 long-running redistricting lawsuits against state legislative maps
1 year ago

Ohio Supreme Court dismisses 3 long-running redistricting lawsuits against state legislative maps

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The more than two-year legal battle over the maps of Ohio Statehouse districts that were crafted in response to the 2020 Census may be over. In a 4-3 ruling late Monday, the Ohio Supreme Court cited unanimous, bipartisan passage in September of a new round of legislative maps in dismissing three long-running lawsuits brought by Democratic and …

Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Arguments On Redistricting That Could Result In New Maps For 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Arguments On Redistricting That Could Result In New Maps For 2024

Huff Post  

FILE - A man walks by the Wisconsin Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wis. Supporters of Wisconsin's taxpayer-funded school choice and independent charter school programs urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is located inside the state Capitol, on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, to reject a lawsuit seeking to declare the programs unconstitutional, saying such a move would create chaos …

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
1 year, 1 month ago

Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps Tuesday, with conservative justices questioning the timing of the redistricting challenge, while liberals focused on the constitutionality of the current maps and what the process should be for adopting new ones. Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley most aggressively questioned the motives of Democrats and repeatedly referenced newly …

How Republican Courts Could Sabotage the Ohio Abortion Vote and Future Ballot Measures
54 years, 11 months ago

How Republican Courts Could Sabotage the Ohio Abortion Vote and Future Ballot Measures

Slate  

After Ohio voted to enshrine reproductive care access in the state’s constitution on Tuesday, abortion rights supporters are now a perfect 7-for-7 in ballot initiative fights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The depth of voter support for abortion rights is impressive, but celebrations of the success of abortion rights ballot initiatives overlook the next step …

Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to draw new legislative boundaries over Republican objections
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court asked to draw new legislative boundaries over Republican objections

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic voters in Wisconsin hoping to undo Republican-drawn legislative district maps told the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court on Monday that it should create new maps by March — forcing every lawmaker to stand for election under redrawn lines in 2024. New maps favoring Democrats would weaken Republicans’ grip on legislative power, which they have also used in …

Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support
1 year, 2 months ago

Another round of Ohio Statehouse maps has been challenged in court, despite bipartisan support

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Advocacy groups fighting Ohio’s political maps in court formally objected Thursday to the latest round of Statehouse districts, which they see as once again unfairly drawn to favor Republicans. The parties have “no choice” but to continue their challenge against the new maps, said Yurij Rudensky, senior counsel in the Democracy Program operation by New York University …

Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges
1 year, 2 months ago

Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld the three-judge panel’s finding that Alabama’s prior map — with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is …

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps
1 year, 3 months ago

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections. Shawn Donahue of the State University of New York at Buffalo, an expert on voting rights and redistricting, said the Supreme Court could put a quick end to the delays and “summarily …

Ohio will keep GOP-drawn congressional maps in 2024 elections, ending court challenge
1 year, 3 months ago

Ohio will keep GOP-drawn congressional maps in 2024 elections, ending court challenge

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Congressional district maps previously deemed unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court will be used in 2024 after the high court dismissed legal challenges against the Republican-drawn districts on Thursday. The Ohio voting-rights groups that brought forward the challenges moved to dismiss their own lawsuits against the Republican-drawn maps earlier this week, saying the turmoil isn’t in the …

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

Associated Press  

Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. Another trial alleging racial violations in voting districts got underway Tuesday in Georgia, where Democrats also hope to make gains, while voting rights advocates in Ohio decided to drop a …

Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
1 year, 3 months ago

Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn’t in the best interests of Ohio voters. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and others, told the Ohio …

Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
1 year, 3 months ago

Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio's …

A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seat
1 year, 3 months ago

A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seat

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Democrats could gain a seat in the U.S. House and multiple seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a judge rules Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ power. Court cases challenging district lines drawn after the 2020 Census could shape 2024 congressional elections in states beyond Alabama and Georgia, including Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas. “Despite these striking …

Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A lawsuit filed Wednesday asks Wisconsin’s newly liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to throw out Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional, the latest legal challenge of many nationwide that could upset political boundary lines before the 2024 election. Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said Democrats were “counting on judicial fiat to help them gain power.” He accused them …

Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map
1 year, 4 months ago

Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters. A special three-judge panel in 2022 blocked use of the the state’s existing districts and said any new congressional map should include two districts where …

Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts
1 year, 5 months ago

Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court grilled attorneys representing the state on Tuesday over their claim that courts shouldn’t intervene in the Republican-controlled Legislature’s decision to carve up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County into four congressional districts. In their lawsuit, they argue the Republican-drawn map “takes a slice of Salt Lake County,” which is the state’s most Democratic-leaning, “and …

Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press  

The Ohio Supreme Court will take yet another look at the legality of the state’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a ruling striking down the districts and ordered further consideration of the case. In both Ohio and North Carolina, Republican state lawmakers contended in appeals that their state’s highest court had gone too far …

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way elections are run across the country but left the door open to more limited challenges that could increase its role in deciding voting disputes during the 2024 presidential election. The court’s 6-3 ruling Tuesday drove a stake through the most extreme version of the …

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory, but leaves door open for 2024 election challenges
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory, but leaves door open for 2024 election challenges

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The court found that state courts still must act within “ordinary bounds” when reviewing …

The Supreme Court just shut off Trump allies' strategy to overturn presidential elections
1 year, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court just shut off Trump allies' strategy to overturn presidential elections

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Moore v. Harper, rejecting a fringe legal theory that that could have given state legislatures a blanket right to ignore state courts on election and redistricting issues and pass unrestricted rigged legislative maps, was met with a collective sigh of relief by voting rights advocates across the country. "The Supreme Court said clearly that …

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court rejects GOP in North Carolina case that could have reshaped elections beyond the state

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically altered races for Congress and president in that state and beyond. The practical effect of Tuesday’s decision is minimal in North Carolina, where the state …

Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power before 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district. “What this does is it puts us back on track to realize a second majority-minority district.” In a written statement, the Louisiana Legislative …

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections
1 year, 6 months ago

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

Associated Press  

The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. RACE IN REDISTRICTING The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s congressional districts likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. It ordered a lower court to impose new U.S. House and state …

Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color. “As I said when I vetoed it, Louisiana’s current congressional map …

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act — and might have helped doom Republicans in 2024

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stunned political observers on Thursday in the closely watched Allen v. Milligan case, ruling that Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial gerrymandering when it drew a map that packs most of the state's Black voters into a single congressional district — and the decision could make it harder for Republicans to hold the …

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court to review South Carolina congressional map for discrimination against Black voters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether South Carolina’s congressional districts need to be redrawn because they discriminate against Black voters. The justices said Monday they would review a lower-court ruling that found a coastal district running from Charleston to Hilton Head was intentionally redrawn to reduce the number of Democratic-leaning Black voters and to make it …

The shame of Ohio: Corrupt, gerrymandered Statehouse Republicans assault voters, again
1 year, 8 months ago

The shame of Ohio: Corrupt, gerrymandered Statehouse Republicans assault voters, again

Raw Story  

Just moments after I watched Ohio Senate Republicans pass a resolution for 41% minority rule over the Ohio Constitution on Wednesday, I walked past a field trip of Ohio children touring the Statehouse. But in a letter to Ohio House colleagues in December, Stewart listed only two reasons for Republican lawmakers to support attacking voters’ ability to amend our constitution: …

SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal appeals court has denied South Carolina Republicans’ motion for a stay in the ongoing challenge over the state’s congressional district map. If the Supreme Court takes the case and affirms the federal panel’s ruling, the state’s coastal 1st District will not be redrawn until 30 days after the high court’s final decision. After the new …

House Speaker vote: Republican gerrymandering has led to the Kevin McCarthy fiasco.
54 years, 11 months ago

House Speaker vote: Republican gerrymandering has led to the Kevin McCarthy fiasco.

Slate  

Ultimately, in politics, only voters can deliver the message, “You’ve hit bottom, and you need to change your ways.” But the MAGA House majority’s inability to select a speaker may already be pushing voters to stage an intervention in 2024. Similarly, North Carolina’s gerrymandering added three Republican seats that, based on the state’s Democratic vote-share, should have gone Democratic. In …

EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Ohio’s unsettled political maps?
1 year, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Ohio’s unsettled political maps?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The election contests of 2022 may have been held and decided, but Ohio’s political maps remain far from settled. Voters gave the Ohio Supreme Court “exclusive, original jurisdiction” to decide legal challenges, which included three lawsuits against the legislative maps and two lawsuits against the congressional map. Ohio’s congressional map dispute is now awaiting action in the …

Op-Ed: The ominous way the Supreme Court could change our elections
2 years ago

Op-Ed: The ominous way the Supreme Court could change our elections

LA Times  

At the oral argument for Moore vs. Harper, most conservative justices expressed support for a theory which is at odds with basic principles of American government. If the Supreme Court were to accept the independent state legislature theory, then no court could invalidate partisan gerrymandering, however extreme. The potential implications of the Supreme Court’s accepting the independent state legislature theory …

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats

Associated Press  

Partisan gerrymandering is back before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case stemming from the latest attempt by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature to draw U.S. House districts favoring GOP candidates. The lawsuit against the U.S. House districts enacted by the Republican-led Legislature cites the state constitution’s guarantee of “free and equal” elections. OTHER COURT CASES The outcome of the North …

Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy
2 years ago

Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case, a Republican-led challenge asking the justices for a novel ruling that could significantly increase the power of state lawmakers over elections for Congress and the presidency. The Republican leaders of North Carolina’s legislature told the Supreme Court that the Constitution’s “carefully drawn lines place the regulation of …

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