| 单词 | gerrymander |
| 例句 | And wherever housing patterns loosened slightly, officials gerrymandered school districts to keep them racially homogeneous. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It was gerrymandering over football,” said Gomez, who had not been in the least surprised. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "The court that just this week crippled unions, upheld Trump’s Muslim ban, and racist gerrymandering, might turn conservative," he said. Stephen Colbert bemoans Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: “We are supremely screwed” 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z To end gerrymandering, Faris says, they should scrap the winner-take-all method we use to elect members of the House and replace it with a system known as “ranked choice voting” that better reflects voter preferences. Is the System Rigged Against Democrats? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Ultimately, critics of gerrymandering say, it feeds voter apathy. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z "The main reason why Republicans don't need anyone to agree with them to win elections is gerrymandering," she added, referring to the practice of redrawing district lines to benefit one party. Bee on midterms: “There’s no guarantee the Democrats could successfully take back a shopping... 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z To "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas": Have yourself a gerrymandered district, Draw some artful lines; Make it look like 12 exploding porcupines. Style Invitational Week 1343: We plead no contest 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Next to the ethnic gerrymandering — Irish over here, Italians over there — of this older New York, Manhattan real estate trouble feels like child’s play. Just Another Nutty June Weekend in the Rockaways 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Goodman: The case involves the state-level maps in Wisconsin, which are, as David explained, incredibly gerrymandered. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Barry told allies on the parish board that this kind of social gerrymandering is “apartheid.” Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy,’ Based on J. K. Rowling’s Novel, on HBO 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z “Literally everything about gerrymandering is stupid and wrong,” he said. John Oliver: 'Literally everything about gerrymandering is stupid and wrong' 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z "When we look at what could happen in America, Hungary is a very fascinating place to look. What you see is things like gerrymandering, keeping people in power." Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “American Standard,” named after a toilet brand, riffs for pages on lines from T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” while churning through contemporary concerns like gerrymandering, immigration, and grotesque politicians and their media platforms. Five Poets Who Find Music in the Personal, the Political or in Music Itself 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Looking forward, she’s focused on the fight to vote, ensuring an accurate 2020 census and battling the related scourge of gerrymandered representative districts. 'We are entitled to being heard': Stacey Abrams on the fight to vote 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Ramsey said he would love to direct something about municipal water policy, or maybe gerrymandering. ‘We the People’ Updates the Sound of Schoolhouse Rock With Rap and R&B 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Grandpre argued that gerrymandering not only handicaps Republicans in general elections, but also limits the kind of Democrats that get elected. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Most representatives in Texas don’t need to worry about the general election because gerrymandering already decided that part. “Stop putting people in jail for a plant”: Republican millennials take on cannabis laws 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Much can change before next November, of course, but Democrats still will be contending with the possibility of newly gerrymandered districts, plus the drag first-term presidents tend to have on their party in the midterms. It’s been a tense year of infighting for Democrats. And this might be as good as it gets. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In many cases, it is only due to gerrymandering and voter suppression that red staters suffer under minority conservative rule. The white, conservative Southern women who asked me to keep their abortions secret 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z She helped gather signatures for a petition to urge the Ohio legislature to tackle gerrymandering in the state. Did they make a difference? One year later, Women’s March attendees look back. 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Then the movie shows a May 2011 email in which he wrote, “We needed for legal and PR purposes a good looking map that did not look like an obvious gerrymander.” ‘Slay the Dragon’ Review: Vote Early, Vote Often. It Won’t Matter. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Some, like ending partisan gerrymandering and getting rid of the Senate filibuster, are familiar. The Series of Historical Mistakes That Led to Trump 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s arguably one of the nation’s most severely gerrymandered districts. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Her other ideas include longer terms for elected officials coupled with term limits, less gerrymandering and mandatory voting. Dambisa Moyo’s Proposals for Saving Democracy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z A conservative donor class, seeking to protect its agenda from the uncertainties of a democratic system, has erected a scaffolding of legislative groups and gerrymandered districts with the care and diligence of a structural engineer. How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Democrats denied minority legislators adequate staff, excluded them from committee deliberations, gerrymandered their districts and even, Republicans were convinced, stole elections. When American Politics Turned Toxic 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z What was more important to Republican political dominance: gerrymandering or conservative media? Historians Assess Obama’s Legacy Under Trump’s Shadow 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z And then there is Robert LaBrant, a Republican redistricting strategist in Michigan who says he doesn’t think surplus votes for Democrats in urban districts are a direct result of Republican gerrymandering. ‘Slay the Dragon’ Review: Vote Early, Vote Often. It Won’t Matter. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z While it’s illegal to use gerrymandering to diminish voters of color, the same rule doesn’t apply for diminishing an opposing party. John Oliver: 'Literally everything about gerrymandering is stupid and wrong' 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Because both Democrats and Republicans resort to gerrymandering, the film is nonpartisan. | 'Gerrymandering' : The Dark Art of Drawing Political Lines 2010-10-14T23:29:00Z How could a black man who claims to loathe the memory of Jim Crow assail all integration policies, and defend states’ rights and racially targeted gerrymandering, all while living happily with a white wife? How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z One architect of the gerrymanders is quite forthright about his accomplishments. ‘Slay the Dragon’ Review: Vote Early, Vote Often. It Won’t Matter. 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z His suggestions that we end gerrymandering and try to increase voter turnout, while laudable, seem tacked on and thin compared with the overall statistical rigor of his argument. What Is America’s Role in the World? Three Authors Offer Very Different Views 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Latest Thing: To underscore what he believes is the absurdity of some oddly shaped congressional districts, Mr. Sheehan is selling jewelry in the shape of those gerrymandered districts. Splaining How Government Works to Young Voters 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In “Shape” I wrote a lot about gerrymandering, which really confronts you with the fact that “who sits in the legislature” is not such a great formal proxy for “what the people want.” Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z But partisan gerrymandering remains a problem that the courts haven't completely addressed. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The math he presents is serious and demanding and — this is key — shaping the world around us, from our understanding of the spread of Covid-19 to gerrymandering. ‘Shape’ Makes Geometry Entertaining. Really, It Does. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z There, Ashley Oleson of the League of Women Voters of Maryland told me gerrymandering not only affects election outcomes, but also what happens once the winners reach Capitol Hill. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z David Daley: I think a lot of us misunderstood gerrymandering several years ago. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z And through a political science professor in Michigan, who knew of a group called Voters Not Politicians trying to end gerrymandering, led by Fahey. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The 2nd District of North Carolina is an amorphous, gerrymandered blob of mostly Republican voters west of Raleigh that gave just 41 percent of the vote to President Obama in 2012. ‘American Idol’ made Clay Aiken a star. But he knows it won’t make him a congressman. And I think, what you see is things like gerrymandering, keeping people in power. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Both scenarios would be the product of gerrymandering, and neither of them are fair. Late-night TV tackles gerrymandering: John Oliver leaves viewers with glimmer of hope but ignores solution 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z “The two greatest forces devaluing the value and power of an individual citizen’s vote in America are gerrymandering and money,” Califano says. How Endangered Is American Democracy? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Elections are capricious, gerrymandering is real, anger is difficult to sustain. Perspective | Republicans are digging themselves into a hole on abortion 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z According to Oliver, while surely the “worst thing to happen to our democracy,” is Trump’s next Cinco de Mayo tweet, he notes that gerrymandering is “a real problem.” WATCH: John Oliver says gerrymandering threatens the “foundation of democracy” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z This gerrymander in Michigan had been so effective. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The fourth district got gerrymandered into the second district. Clay Aiken on a Second Run for Office: 'I Think It'll Happen' 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In North Carolina, the way in which the gerrymander was achieved was by packing African Americans into what they call majority-minority districts, far above the level that would insure them representations. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Before Voters Not Politicians kicked off, gerrymandering was, for most Americans, an admittedly unsavory but generally accepted element of American politics. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z This important new book offers a comprehensive look at Republicans’ strategies to tilt elections their way, including gerrymandering and voter ID laws. 9 Books for Back-to-School That Times Editors Think You Should Read 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z They should do this work along with fighting against voter suppression — another major factor in the current electoral schema — and increasing voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts while fighting the scourge of Republican gerrymandering. Bye bye, Bernie: He’s not fit to captain the Democratic ship if he can’t stop chasing the great white male 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z They called it "a gerrymander of historic proportions." How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Half of Slay the Dragon puts images, news clips and first-person testimonials to Daley’s extensive reporting on the coordinated, deeply financed effort by Republicans to gerrymander districts after sweeping midterm victories in 2010. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z First of all, many of these gerrymanders had been overturned by the courts. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z And all of this is without considering the thumb on the scales provided by a Supreme Court that has turned a blind eye to racial discrimination, voter suppression and outrageous partisan gerrymandering. Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Elizabeth Kolbert discovers how gerrymandering is undermining democracy in “Drawing the Line.” Sunday Reading: Voting in America 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z And we use the term "partisan gerrymandering" because the courts have been very direct in most cases about striking down obvious cases of racial gerrymandering. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Or they could take the path that they chose, which was gerrymandering, voter suppression and putting up barriers between the public and the ballot. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z It’s a nominally swingy, heavily gerrymandered district that stretches 100 miles from the state capital of Lansing to the upscale suburbs of Detroit with a mighty plain of farmland in between. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Obama, a long-term thinker on issues like gerrymandering, has been fixed recently on more immediate needs, such as efforts to sow doubt in elections and make it harder to vote. Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z If you drew a map of Don’s moral core it would look like a gerrymandered congressional district with lines drawn in odd and incongruous places. 'Mad Men' Watch: Scrappiness in the Sixties 2010-07-26T12:19:00Z That is the sign of a really effective and enduring gerrymander. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z It would also be deeply ironic if it is the one Democratic gerrymander of the 2010 cycle that actually leads to the first ruling by the Supreme Court that partisan gerrymandering was unconstitutional. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z However, Schwarzenegger refuted the rumours in a Facebook post published on Sunday, suggesting instead that he would continue his battle against political gerrymandering. Arnold Schwarzenegger rules out running for US Senate to oppose Trump 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z When districts are drawn in Montana in 1918, gerrymandering Rankin into a Democratic district, she counters by running for the Senate instead of the House. A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Yes, both sides gerrymander, but even so, the march away from representative government is not an altogether bipartisan undertaking. Can Teenagers Fix Our Government? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z He has invested his remaining political capital in the worthy if arcane issue of redistricing reform - curbing the gerrymandering which bedevils local and state elections and fuels partisanship. He'll be back: why old age can't keep Arnold Schwarzenegger down 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Using gerrymandering and voter suppression, as well as their own corporate and grass-roots media networks like Fox News, direct mail and Breitbart News, they’ve succeeded in taking over a majority of statehouses and governorships. Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The biggest threat to U.S. democracy is not Russian meddling or gerrymandering or the man occupying the Oval Office. Award-winning cartoonist fired by major newspaper that is shifting to the right 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Maybe. but if so, it’s a twisted democracy as gerrymandered and driven by corporate cash and elite interests as our own. Casey Kasem, Ronald Reagan and music’s 1 percent: Artificial “popularity” is not democracy 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Other democracy reform ideas Levin and Greenberg plan to explore in the book, they said, include automatic voter registration, combating the gerrymandering of congressional districts and eliminating the electoral college. Dem activists eye a 2020 focus beyond ‘getting rid of Trump’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z So the film-makers chose to center on three heavily gerrymandered, election-swinging states – Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin – and focus on activists challenging the “ratfucked” system in the courts, the streets or the state house. 'It changes the way you see everything': the shocking film about gerrymandering 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z House, Sarbanes takes a more skeptical view of gerrymandering as a general practice. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z For each instance of political malpractice, such as gerrymandering and taxation without representation, they point to systems used by other countries and states that may be superior to our own. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Daley: Well, the amazing thing about 2018 is that in the most gerrymandered states in the country — Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio — a blue wave hit and not a single seat changed hands. How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z In America these days, pillows are manufactured of synthetic cluster fibers, wrapped in 600-thread-count cotton cambric ticking, then twisted and stuffed in between lovers like gerrymandered bratwurst casings forming ramparts to desire. This Life: The Pillow Explosion Buries America 2012-02-11T01:08:02Z Before exploring the praying mantis, I had called Sarbanes, the current beneficiary of the 3rd District’s design, to see whether he agreed with the criticisms leveled at those who represent gerrymandered districts. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “Voters who actually like Republican ideas are dwindling. To stay in power the GOP is using techniques like gerrymandering, blocking judicial appointments and voter suppression — otherwise known as Mitch McConnell’s version of the ‘Devil’s Triangle.’” Late-Night TV in 2018: Trump, Trump, Facebook and More Trump 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The state’s congressional map is being challenged in court as an illegal gerrymander, however, meaning the lines could be altered and candidates may reconsider the district in which they could run. ‘American Idol’ runner-up Aiken aims for Congress again 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z That gerrymander was expected to give Democrats a big edge by clustering Republican voters into a few GOP super districts, while diluting their voting power in the rest of the state. New York’s high court to hear redistricting case, as Democrats angle to retake U.S. House 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The court's previous Democratic majority had thrown out a Republican map as an illegal gerrymander. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Wisconsin’s Assembly districts rank among the most gerrymandered nationally, with Republicans routinely winning far more seats than would be expected based on their average share of the vote, according to an AP analysis. Wisconsin judge orders former chief justice to turn over records related to impeachment advice 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Like Nickel, she called the maps “an extreme partisan gerrymander.” House members from N.Y., N.C. dominate most vulnerable list 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z But when democratic processes were unlikely to uphold white Christian power, they historically supported all manner of anti-democratic practices, including white racial terrorism, slavery, segregation, severe voter suppression, and gerrymandering. "Apocalypticism": Polling expert reveals the root of "panic among conservative White Christians" 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z One reason is political gerrymandering - a process by which those in power draw voting districts to give their party’s candidates an advantage. In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z But the court's new conservative majority in April reversed the decision, ruling that state law does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z One reason is political gerrymandering — a process by which those in power draw voting districts to give their party’s candidates an advantage. In Mississippi, most voters will have no choice about who represents them in the Legislature 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Republicans in North Carolina approved a heavily gerrymandered congressional map on Wednesday that is likely to knock out about half of the Democrats representing the state in the House of Representatives. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The previous Democratic-majority court had thrown out an earlier Republican-drawn map, ruling that extreme political gerrymandering - the process by which lawmakers manipulate district lines to marginalize voters of one party - violated the state constitution. Republicans seen gaining three US House seats with new North Carolina voting map 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court had already declared in 2019 that partisan gerrymandering claims weren’t subject to federal court review, either. North Carolina Republicans close in on new districts seeking to fortify GOP in Congress, legislature 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Republicans have challenged a Democratic-drawn map as unconstitutional under state law, but a judge ruled in October that the partisan gerrymandering was not "egregious" enough to warrant intervention. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z John Bisognano, president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which fights GOP gerrymandering, said up to eight states could enact new congressional maps that would be in place ahead of the 2024 election. As House Republicans fight over speaker’s gavel, their majority erodes in court 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z On Thursday, he announced that he would run for attorney general of North Carolina “to fight political corruption,” a label he applied to the gerrymandered maps. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z After the election, however, the court's new conservative majority reversed that decision and ruled that gerrymandering is not constitutionally prohibited. Republicans seen gaining three US House seats with new North Carolina voting map 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z While partisan gerrymandering claims have been short-circuited by the courts, critics have alleged racial gerrymandering in the maps that likely will result in federal Voting Rights Act litigation soon. North Carolina Republicans close in on new districts seeking to fortify GOP in Congress, legislature 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Manning called the Republican proposal “an extreme partisan gerrymander” that she said undermines voters in a true swing state with a record of tight elections for statewide office. North Carolina Senate advances congressional map plan that could give Republicans a 3-seat gain 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Many of the court cases involve Democratic challenges to GOP gerrymandering, which is practiced by both parties in a bid to gain political advantage when carving out voting districts. As House Republicans fight over speaker’s gavel, their majority erodes in court 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z North Carolina has long been one of the most gerrymandered states in the country, as well as the subject of years of legal battles. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z But last spring, the state Supreme Court — flipped from a Democratic majority to Republican — ruled that the state constitution didn’t actually limit partisan gerrymandering. North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could help them pick up 3 or 4 seats next year 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court in 2019 forbade federal courts from intervening in cases involving gerrymandering done for partisan advantage. US Supreme Court may make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z But they say it’s permissible after the state Supreme Court - which flipped last year from a Democratic majority to Republican - ruled in April that the state constitution does not limit partisan gerrymandering. North Carolina Senate advances congressional map plan that could give Republicans a 3-seat gain 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Similar legal cases are ongoing in Florida and Louisiana, challenging gerrymandered districts drawn by the GOP. As House Republicans fight over speaker’s gavel, their majority erodes in court 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Last year, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a previous gerrymandered map was illegal, and court-drawn lines were used in the midterm elections, producing more competitive districts and, ultimately, an evenly divided congressional delegation. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Democrats, activated by the Dobbs decision and a gerrymander that had left Republicans with a dominant position in the state Legislature, ponied up with big money. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z "What these plaintiffs in these cases are doing is basically bringing partisan gerrymandering claims and trying to dress them up as if they're racial gerrymandering claims," Torchinsky said. US Supreme Court may make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z In this case, the state legislature was accused of racial gerrymandering to reduce the influence of Black voters in South Carolina's 1st congressional district. US Supreme Court poised to OK S. Carolina voting map deemed racially biased by lower court 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “If we were to lose the case, then that would be an open invitation to the legislature to try to gerrymander the districts again,” Mr. Faso said. As House Republicans fight over speaker’s gavel, their majority erodes in court 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In Wisconsin, where voters recently elected a liberal justice, the state Supreme Court is widely expected to rule against an existing Republican gerrymander. North Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three Seats 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The first was over gerrymandered districts that heavily favored Republicans. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Plaintiffs in racial gerrymandering cases long have borne a heavy burden. US Supreme Court may make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z In this case, the state legislature was accused of racial gerrymandering to reduce the influence of Black voters. US Supreme Court scrutinizes South Carolina voting map deemed racially biased 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The GOP-led legislature was able to draw lines favoring their party following an April decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court that threw out a previous ruling outlawing gerrymandered voting maps. As House Republicans fight over speaker’s gavel, their majority erodes in court 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The decision will help define a murky point of redistricting law: when a partisan gerrymander crosses the line to become an illegal racial gerrymander. Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z If the theory prevailed, experts said, it could have given partisan state legislators the power to not only draw gerrymandered maps but potentially subvert the result of the next presidential election. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z In a blog post responding to the lawsuit, Amazon General Counsel David Zapolsky accused the FTC of attempting to “gerrymander alleged market” to portray Amazon as something it’s not. The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z A practice called gerrymandering involves the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to marginalize a certain set of voters and increase the influence of others. South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He added: “We were hopeful that this was an opportunity for California to show the rest of the nation what it looks like to put gerrymandering behind us.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring independent panels to draw local voting districts 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Parties in a federal racial gerrymandering case in Tennessee, for example, have decided they will await the court’s South Carolina decision before beginning their own pretrial document discovery. Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z On Friday, the state’s Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the gerrymandered maps on a partisan 4-3 vote, with the new justice declining to step aside, thereby increasing the chances of an impeachment. Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z But, he said, the Democratic plan did not quite rise to the level of an "egregious gerrymander" that would violate the state constitution. New Mexico judge rejects Republican challenge to Democratic-drawn congressional map 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z In this case, the Republican-controlled state legislature was accused of racial gerrymandering to reduce the influence of Black voters. South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Historically, that process has been carried out by elected officials who have a political interest in shaping districts to their advantage - a tactic known as gerrymandering. California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring independent panels to draw local voting districts 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z The case revolves around the question of whether the 1st District was an illegal racial gerrymander. Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Reformers behind the 2024 ballot initiative include former Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, who cast a series of key swing votes in cases deeming the maps unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor her own Republican party. Amendment aimed at reforming Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system edges toward 2024 ballot 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z "Some degree of a partisan gerrymander is permissible," Van Soelen said. New Mexico judge rejects Republican challenge to Democratic-drawn congressional map 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z South Carolina officials have argued that their map was designed to secure partisan advantages, a practice that the Supreme Court in 2019 decided was not reviewable by federal courts - unlike racial gerrymandering, which remains illegal. South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Newsom did sign separate legislation Saturday that also is intended to discourage gerrymandering. California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring independent panels to draw local voting districts 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z In a recent filing in response, the congressman’s lawyers argue that Republicans are trying to blame Clyburn, a state civil rights leader, for an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander intentionally designed to dilute minority voting power.” Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Republicans are holding onto red states with gerrymandered majorities, but their control is slipping, and it is beginning to weaken in presidential election years. There are more of us than there are of them 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z At trial on Wednesday, attorneys for the Republican Party said they’ll present evidence of egregious gerrymandering, outlined in text messages from a top-ranked Democratic legislator. New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z South Carolina officials appealed a federal judicial panel's ruling that the map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston County in a "stark racial gerrymander" and must be redrawn. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Census has been riddled with lawsuits and repeated court rulings finding previous maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor the state’s leading Republicans. Bipartisan Ohio commission unanimously approves new maps that favor Republican state legislators 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The New Mexico Supreme Court in an opinion issued last week explained its reasoning for allowing the gerrymandering challenge to be heard by the lower court. Judge considers accusations that New Mexico Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z For decades, Republicans have outmaneuvered and outspent Democrats in state legislatures, gerrymandering them into the minority in both red states and political battlegrounds. How a Little-Known Group Helped Resurgent Democrats Wield Power 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The New Mexico Supreme Court in an opinion issued last week explained its reasoning for allowing the gerrymandering challenge to be heard by a lower court. New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They generally reflect the combativeness of Republican voters in their safe, gerrymandered districts, who are likewise spoiling to tear Washington apart, no matter how destructive that is. Opinion: The House Republicans' shutdown politics are dumb and dumber 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z “What happened last night has real consequences: when maps are gerrymandered to protect politicians, it means citizens can’t hold their politicians accountable,” O’Connor said in a statement. Bipartisan Ohio commission unanimously approves new maps that favor Republican state legislators 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z All were tossed by the Ohio Supreme Court, which found they were gerrymandered to favor the GOP. Ohio’s political mapmakers are going back to work after Republican infighting caused a week’s delay 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate concluded that the new boundaries amounted to “partisan gerrymanders,” but said the constitution “does not explicitly forbid the consideration of partisan interests in apportioning representation.” Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Her victory earlier this year gave the court a liberal majority that could strike down the Republican gerrymander that has given the party its outsized statehouse clout. Republican legislatures flex muscles to maintain power in two closely divided states 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z “A stay is warranted before voters are sorted into racially gerrymandered districts that are by their very nature odious,’ the state attorney general’s office wrote in the stay request. A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z They only survived as long as they did because of gerrymandering and a tilted electoral map, backed by an unbelievable amount of money spent on right-wing propaganda like Fox News. Enough with the Mitt Romney adulation! 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Hobbs, had argued the district was an illegal racial gerrymander, but that case was tossed out last week as moot because the map was found to be invalid and will be redrawn under Soto Palmer. WA lawmakers won’t call a special session on Yakima Valley district map 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Thompson pointedly asked an attorney for the Democrats whether the court had ever invalidated newly drawn districts based solely on the grounds of gerrymandering. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Their plan was struck down by the Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court as an illegal gerrymander. Republican legislatures flex muscles to maintain power in two closely divided states 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Lawsuits over racially gerrymandered congressional maps in several other states, including Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, quickly followed the Supreme Court’s landmark Voting Rights Act decision in June. A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Without their joint appointee, the panel was unable to begin the business of fixing Statehouse district maps that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans five different times. GOP legislative leaders’ co-chair flap has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Two lawsuits challenging the gerrymandered maps as unconstitutional were filed the first week after Protasiewicz was seated, though the court has yet to decide whether it will take either case. Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Abate said the case boils down to whether the court has a role in reviewing partisan gerrymandering. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z But since Republicans won the statehouse in 2010 and drew heavily gerrymandered maps that guaranteed their party’s control of both chambers, the Legislature has become increasingly confrontational with the states’ Democratic governor, Tony Evers. Republican legislatures flex muscles to maintain power in two closely divided states 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Two lawsuits challenging the gerrymandered maps as unconstitutional were filed the first week after the new justice was seated. GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z No matter how much Wisconsin voters might want to elect a Democratic Legislature, the Republican gerrymander won’t allow them to. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z It might well also produce the kind of blowback that could curtail Republican control in the state legislature and finally roll back the gerrymandered district maps that have given the GOP large majorities in Madison. Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Their lawsuit contends that the once-a-decade mapmaking reflected “extreme partisan gerrymandering” in violation of the state constitution. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn maps, enacted in 2011 and then again last year with few changes, are widely seen as among the most gerrymandered in the country. A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice under impeachment threat isn’t the only member to get party money 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z In the 2022 election, Wisconsin’s Assembly districts had the nation’s second-largest Republican tilt behind only West Virginia, according to an Associated Press statistical analysis that was designed to detect potential gerrymandering. GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The gerrymandering alone undermines Wisconsin’s status as a democracy. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Here's the background: Wisconsin Republican legislators know that those gerrymandered maps are the source of their power — and know that Protasiewicz's presence on the state Supreme Court threatens it. Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The New York commission had failed to reach a consensus before the 2022 election, leading to maps drawn by the Democratic-led legislature that were struck down as an unconstitutional gerrymander and replaced with court-approved maps. Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z That history included the court’s rejection of two separate congressional maps and five sets of Statehouse maps - describing districts for Ohio House and Ohio Senate in Columbus - as gerrymandered in favor of the ruling Republicans. Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z A new liberal tilt to the court is driving Republican fears of losing their large legislative majorities, which were built under some of the most gerrymandered political maps in the country. GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Using their gerrymandered majority, Wisconsin Republicans have done everything in their power to undermine, subvert or even nullify the public’s attempt to chart a course away from the Republican Party. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In either case, Protasiewicz would be freed from her Republican-constructed purgatory and able to vote on upcoming cases, including those on gerrymandering and abortion rights. Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In some states, majority party lawmakers in charge of redistricting manipulated lines to give an edge to their party’s candidates — a tactic known as gerrymandering. Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z That history included the court’s rejection of two separate congressional maps and five sets of Statehouse maps — describing districts for Ohio House and Ohio Senate in Columbus — as gerrymandered in favor of the ruling Republicans. Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z As with the initial expulsion, what's truly bizarre about this is Democrats have no real power in Tennessee anyway, as it's a red state with its own dose of gerrymandering. Republicans aren't handling Trump indictments well — they're doubling down attacks on democracy 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The court would then revert to a 3-3 deadlock, very likely preserving the Republican gerrymander and keeping a 19th-century abortion law, which bans the procedure, on the books. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z She has criticized in dissenting opinions decisions by GOP colleagues to agree to reconsider rulings by the previous Democratic majority that had struck down photo voter identification and gerrymandered voting maps. A North Carolina court justice wants to block an ethics panel probe, citing her free speech 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Courts rejected two congressional maps and five sets of Statehouse maps as gerrymandered. Ohio attorney general rejects language for amendment aimed at reforming troubled political mapmaking 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Wisconsin’s Assembly districts rank among the most gerrymandered nationally, with Republicans routinely winning far more seats than would be expected based on their average share of the vote, according to an Associated Press analysis. Wisconsin Republicans ask newly elected liberal justice to not hear redistricting case 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The hope is that the new liberal court majority, empowered by voters, can scale back the gerrymandering. Republicans aren't handling Trump indictments well — they're doubling down attacks on democracy 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z With their gerrymander in place, they have an almost permanent grip on the state Legislature, with supermajorities in both chambers. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z A lawyer for the state accused plaintiffs of seeking a “racial gerrymander” over traditional guidelines for drawing districts, such as keeping districts compact and keeping communities of interest together. Federal judges review Alabama’s new congressional map, lack of 2nd majority-Black district 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Though such claims have had mixed results nationally, Democrats hope the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s new liberal majority will deliver a resounding rejection of gerrymandering that has given Republicans a lopsided legislative majority. Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts is none of its business, limiting those claims to be decided in state courts under their own constitutions and laws. Lawsuit says Tennessee’s US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z He said the GOP lawmakers’ failed effort reflected the perils of operating in gerrymandered districts. Ohio vote underscores the power of abortion as spur to polls 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z With these majorities, they can limit the reach and power of any Democrat elected to statewide office and remove — or neutralize — any justice who might rule against the gerrymander. Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z For instance, good government groups are working on a ballot question for 2024 that would amend the constitution to prevent gerrymandering, the process by which one party manipulates district lines to entrench power. Ohio special election could determine future of abortion rights in the state 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z But the challenge to noncontiguous districts could provide judges a way to decide the case without ever addressing whether partisan gerrymandering is illegal. Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z House maps and those for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering under the 14th and 15th amendments. Lawsuit says Tennessee’s US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z But it is not impossible: Two amendments that sought to prohibit political gerrymandering of state legislative and congressional districts, in 2015 and 2018, were approved by about 75 percent of voters. What’s at Stake in Ohio’s Referendum on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z If they choose otherwise, Protasiewicz could sue, citing her First Amendment right to free speech: The Republican case against her, after all, is that she disparaged their gerrymander in her campaign, making her “biased.” Wisconsin's Republican Party is the most openly authoritarian in the country | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In 2015 and 2018, seven in 10 voters approved Ohio Constitution amendments outlawing partisan gerrymanders and requiring that political maps fairly reflect the state’s partisan divide. Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Like similar cases in states ranging from North Carolina to Utah, the Wisconsin lawsuit also alleges partisan gerrymandering is illegal under the state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and free speech. Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z A coalition of voting rights groups and a pair of law firms, including one backed by Democrats, asked the court this week to throw out Republican-drawn legislative maps, arguing they are an unconstitutional gerrymander. Major cases await as liberals exert control of Wisconsin Supreme Court 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Voting rights groups argue the map is an illegal gerrymander under the state constitution. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The latest challenge asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly, rather than have it work through lower courts, arguing that the state legislative maps are an unconstitutional gerrymander. Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Part of the explanation, political scholars say, is straightforward: Computer-aided gerrymandering has made it nearly impossible for voters to dislodge ruling supermajorities at a time when American politics has become more polarized and tribal. Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The Wisconsin Legislature is one of the most gerrymandered in the country, according to Princeton University's Gerrymandering Project. In Wisconsin, women’s health care is constricted by an 1849 law. These doctors are aghast 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Harper, North Carolina Republicans had disputed the state’s highest court ruling their congressional map a partisan gerrymander and ordering a state-drawn map. Ideological divide narrows in Supreme Court decisions, compared to last year 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z In several states controlled by one party, both Republicans and Democrats may have a fresh opportunity to draw new districts and boost their chances of winning additional seats, a process known as gerrymandering. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, were widely regarded as among the most gerrymandered in favor of Republicans in the country. Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Reining in gerrymandering and overhauling the election system, he said, could help prevent that. Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z "The Court of Appeals must overturn this ruling, or Democrats will gerrymander the map to target political opponents and protect political allies - all to the People's detriment," Republican U.S. Appeals court orders new congressional map for New York, Democrats could benefit 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Those maps would have given Democrats a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts, leading to charges of gerrymandering from Republicans. Appeals court orders new Congressional lines in New York, a potential boon for Democrats 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In other states, courts appear poised to force lawmakers to abandon gerrymandered plans in favor of fairer maps. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z In 2019, the court ruled that district maps - and partisan gerrymandering claims challenging them - were outside the purview of federal courts and for states to decide. Utah Supreme Court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy district into 4 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z That has given legislatures, many of them heavily gerrymandered, extraordinary power to exert influence and to stay in power. Abortion Drives Ohio Election on Amending the State Constitution 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Utah Supreme Court will consider whether to wade into the increasingly pitched nationwide battle over partisan gerrymanders. Utah G.O.P.’s Map Carved Up Salt Lake Democrats. Is It a Legal Matter? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Poll tests and literacy tests evolved into racial gerrymandering, voter ID requirements and restrictions on the day, times and methods of voting, The Supreme Court enshrines racial imbalance | Charles M. Blow 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z In Ohio, the state Supreme Court appears set to alter course after previously finding Republican maps violated the state constitution’s prohibition on gerrymandering. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling that partisan gerrymandering wasn’t a matter for federal courts to decide. Utah Supreme Court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy district into 4 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z A similar impact could ripple across the South, to other states where Republicans have gerrymandered maps to limit the influence of Black voters — that is, of Democrats, given the racially polarized voting in the region. Opinion: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Those judges in April overruled the previous decision and declared there was no constitutional prohibition on partisan gerrymandering. Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana struck down the map for being racially gerrymandered, ordering lawmakers to redraw it and create a second district that held a majority of Black voters. Supreme Court Steps Aside in Fight Over Louisiana’s Congressional Maps 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Adopting the theory, they warned, could have profound consequences for nearly every aspect of federal elections, including by erasing safeguards against partisan gerrymandering and curtailing the ability to challenge voting restrictions in state courts. Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Mark Gaber, representing the voters, argued that limiting courts and ballot initiatives ran counter to the court’s ruling that partisan gerrymandering was a matter of state law. Utah Supreme Court scrutinizes process that sliced state’s most Democrat-heavy district into 4 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z They gerrymandered Alabama’s seven House districts to ensure last November’s elections result: six Republican winners, and one Democrat from a single majority-Black district. Opinion: The Supreme Court's just-ended term contained some surprising gifts for Democrats 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z North Carolina’s constitution contains no explicit prohibition on partisan gerrymandering. Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Harper case to reject the fringe "independent state legislature" theory, which would have given state legislatures the power to establish rules for federal elections and draw congressional maps "warped by partisan gerrymandering." Moore v. Harper: Law professors warn SCOTUS just set itself up to "meddle in future elections" 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Harper, No. 21-1271, concerned a voting map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature after the 2020 census that was initially rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In its April decision, that court determined that state courts do not have the power to rein in electoral map drawing by politicians to entrench one party in power, a practice known as partisan gerrymandering. US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The issue came before the Supreme Court last year in a dispute over partisan gerrymandering by Republican state legislators in North Carolina. Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting claim in North Carolina elections case 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The state legislature, which is dominated by Republicans as a result of one of the most extreme gerrymanders in the country, has not overturned the 1849 law and has rejected calls to legalize abortion. A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Following the fall elections, the North Carolina State Court flipped to favor Republicans 5 to 2, and the new majority gave discretion to the legislature to draw gerrymandered voting districts. Moore v. Harper: Law professors warn SCOTUS just set itself up to "meddle in future elections" 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Worsening the conflict are partisan media and the pernicious practice of gerrymandering. Column: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the 'race to the bottom' 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Last year, when that court had a majority of Democratic judges, it ruled that a map of the congressional districts unlawfully disadvantaged Democrats and that partisan gerrymandering violates the North Carolina state constitution. US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The decision will make it harder for the dominant political party to gerrymander district voting maps to lock in control of most of the seats. Supreme Court rejects GOP redistricting claim in North Carolina elections case 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The outlandish gerrymander that makes it possible to disenfranchise so many voters was blessed by none other than Alito and four other Republican appointees to the Supreme Court. A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z At the center of the case was a voting map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature initially struck down by the state's Supreme Court as a partisan gerrymander. Moore v. Harper: Law professors warn SCOTUS just set itself up to "meddle in future elections" 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z At the same time, politicians in power in many states have gerrymandered voting district boundaries to give their party’s candidates an advantage in legislative elections. Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the edge 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z These critics have said its application would let legislatures easily pass further voting restrictions or pursue extreme partisan gerrymandering. US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z And a racial gerrymandering case from South Carolina is moving toward oral arguments in October. Voting maps throughout the Deep South may be redrawn after surprise Supreme Court ruling 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Another lawsuit, brought last year by district-level Republican Party officials, alleges the subdistricts “are racial gerrymanders in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” EXPLAINER: Trial begins in tribes’ lawsuit over North Dakota redistricting map 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Those judges in April reversed the previous ruling and declared there was no constitutional prohibition on partisan gerrymandering. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The difference is not just that Republicans gerrymandered less but that “more Democrats picked up the practice,” Spencer said. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court in 2019 barred federal judges from curbing partisan gerrymandering. US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can’t use its congressional map with only one majority Black district, reasoning it was likely a discriminatory racial gerrymander that runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act. Supreme Court rules Alabama’s one Black congressional district violates Voting Rights Act 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "Since in Florida, DeSantis himself has led the way as opposed to a gerrymandered state rep somewhere, he has actually increased awareness about how the attack on democracy is playing out in states." Who Ron DeSantis should fear — and why it isn't Donald Trump 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Cases are pending before the top courts in New Mexico and Utah claiming that their congressional districts are illegal partisan gerrymanders - in New Mexico’s case benefitting Democrats, and in Utah’s aiding Republicans. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The dissatisfaction once voiced most loudly by Democrats in states gerrymandered by Republicans is now also rising from Republicans in such places as rural Macoupin County, Illinois. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z A federal judge ordered the city last month to draw new commission districts after finding that commissioners — there are five who make up the city’s legislative body — racially gerrymandered the boundaries last year. Miami Has Been in Vogue. Its City Hall Has Been in Turmoil. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The practice of gerrymandering — drawing maps to benefit the party doing the line-drawing — has faced partisan and racial challenges for decades. Supreme Court rules Alabama’s one Black congressional district violates Voting Rights Act 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z But since in Florida, DeSantis himself has led the way as opposed to a gerrymandered state rep somewhere, he has actually increased awareness about how the attack on democracy is playing out in states. Who Ron DeSantis should fear — and why it isn't Donald Trump 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z In Kentucky, a trial court last November rejected a partisan gerrymandering claim brought by Democrats against congressional and state House maps adopted by the Republican-led Legislature. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z “That district was drawn in a very gerrymandered way to maximize the Democrat turnout,” Davis told the AP. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The most important solution is, obviously, we have to end gerrymandering. Saving democracy from the ground up: David Pepper on how to fight the GOP and win 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z "Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them, as dare I say we found by insisting on voter ID for elections," he told the National Conservatism conference. Analysis: More than 13,000 people in England denied vote due to new ID law - Reuters survey 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Yes, some of that is the result of gerrymandering and vote suppression. The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was in government when the measure was introduced, recently said the Conservatives' move to introduce voter ID had been an attempt at gerrymandering - fixing rules to gain electoral advantage. Local elections 2023: Thousands didn't vote due to ID rule, data shows 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z A lawsuit brought by affected residents and several Republican elected officials alleged the new districts were “an intentional extreme partisan gerrymander” that illegally diluted votes. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z But in a world of gerrymandering it's still far better to run everywhere than to let gerrymandering succeed by not running in half these places. Saving democracy from the ground up: David Pepper on how to fight the GOP and win 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z For instance, gerrymandering reduces the importance of general elections for both parties and turns the focus to the more polarized primary voter. Anti-Trans Moral Panics Endanger All Young People 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Legal Defense and Educational Fund, told the justices that “the panel correctly found that race was the gerrymander’s primary vehicle.” Supreme Court to Consider South Carolina Voting Map Ruled a Racial Gerrymander 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z In this case, the Republican legislators were accused of racial gerrymandering to reduce the influence of black voters. US Supreme Court takes up bid to revive South Carolina voting map deemed racially biased 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But a judge said there was no clear standard to weigh partisan gerrymandering claims under the Nevada Constitution — echoing a 2019 U.S. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Most of the time these are not in gerrymandered districts. Saving democracy from the ground up: David Pepper on how to fight the GOP and win 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Speaking at a conference for Conservatives in London, he accused Labour of "gerrymandering" - fixing rules to gain electoral advantage - by potentially extending voting rights to some EU citizens if they enter government. Voter ID backfired on Tories, says Rees-Mogg 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z County supervisors had gerrymandered districts in 1981 to ensure a Latino couldn’t join their board. Gloria Molina, Chicana who blazed paths across L.A. politics, dies 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Sweeping redistricting reforms and gerrymandered maps became the GOP's central tool in maintaining local control. Republicans weaponize statehouse rules to disenfranchise voters 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that federal courts also have no business deciding partisan gerrymandering claims. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z So if the other side is running toxic candidates and it's not gerrymandered, you have a better chance of winning. Saving democracy from the ground up: David Pepper on how to fight the GOP and win 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Nate Persily, a Stanford Law School professor and expert on election law and democracy, said that any standard for judging partisan gerrymanders has to be above reproach. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z A three-judge federal panel ruled in January that aspects of the state's map were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander that must be corrected before any more elections in the 1st District are held. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Black politicians and activists say that Republican lawmakers have used racial gerrymandering and voter suppression to secure those majorities and are using their political might to further consolidate power among mostly White Republicans. Black voting rights under threat in GOP supermajority states, lawmakers say 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In the first elections held with 2020 census data, Democrats battled back with their own gerrymandering that shaped districts to their advantage and essentially evened the outcome. Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z They would still be banning drop boxes, they would still be gerrymandering, they would still be passing these toxic laws. Saving democracy from the ground up: David Pepper on how to fight the GOP and win 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “I just don’t see any objective criteria that would be authoritative in assessing whether a gerrymander ought to be upheld or not,” he said. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Republican gerrymanders in Florida, Texas and several other states have recently been challenged for targeting Black voters. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Between gerrymandering and a lack of action on those issues, many Black voters might feel the system is “rigged” against them and see little reason to go to the ballot, Shaw said. Black voting rights under threat in GOP supermajority states, lawmakers say 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court that concluded that federal courts can’t consider partisan gerrymandering cases. N.C. Supreme Court reverses redistricting ruling in a win for Republicans 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The decision threw out the court's previous decision, issued barely more than a year ago when liberal judges controlled the court, that had found partisan gerrymandering violated the state constitution. In win for Republicans, North Carolina court says gerrymandering is legal 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z A few other state courts have set standards for partisan gerrymandering and applied them. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z "Any accusation that Congressman Clyburn in any way enabled or facilitated Republican gerrymandering that wouldn't have otherwise occurred is fanciful," Clyburn's office said in a statement, calling the notion a "bizarre conspiracy theory." Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z In those lawsuits, Republicans counter that they were not engaged in racial gerrymandering, which is illegal, but in partisan gerrymandering, which federal courts have ruled does not violate the Constitution. Black voting rights under threat in GOP supermajority states, lawmakers say 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court was considering the state court’s decision that the North Carolina Constitution “imposes judicially enforceable limits on partisan gerrymandering,” Prelogar wrote. N.C. Supreme Court reverses redistricting ruling in a win for Republicans 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court had similarly found that federal courts have no jurisdiction to address partisan gerrymandering. In win for Republicans, North Carolina court says gerrymandering is legal 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Many voting rights advocates say the same computer-driven advances that enable today’s extreme gerrymanders also make it possible to easily spot them. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Clyburn's district, the 6th, itself resulted from what political experts would later describe as a racial gerrymander. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The previous ruling reasoned that the GOP lawmakers had gerrymandered their map. North Carolina Supreme Court sides with GOP lawmakers in congressional map dispute 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The ruling on Friday followed a brief re-argument of the gerrymander case in mid-March. North Carolina Court, With New Partisan Mix, Reverses Itself on a Key Voting Case 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z These measures represent nothing less than “generational gerrymandering”: the naked attempt to dilute the voting power of marginalized communities and, especially, young people. Opinion | Republicans will stop at nothing to silence young voters 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In actual court cases, the technique has shown that some gerrymandered maps produce more lopsided partisan outcomes than 99 percent and more of the hypothetical ones. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The court said that the movement of about 30,000 Black voters into Clyburn's district was "effectively impossible" without racial gerrymandering. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Part — but only part — of what is happening on the state level now can be attributed to aggressive gerrymandering. Opinion | How state legislatures went off the rails 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Like the majority-Democratic court’s ruling before it, the latest ruling on gerrymandering is likely to have a profound impact on the political landscape in North Carolina, and perhaps the nation. North Carolina Court, With New Partisan Mix, Reverses Itself on a Key Voting Case 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Greenman listed gerrymandering, restrictions on ballot access and expulsions of duly elected legislators as examples of what red states are doing. Minnesota takes steps to make it even easier to vote 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Another, partisan bias, measures the effectiveness of a gerrymandered map by calculating how many seats the same map would give each party in a hypothetical election where voters were split 50-50. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Republican leaders appealed the panel's decision and asked the Supreme Court to reject the racial gerrymandering charge. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z As Wasserman has repeatedly noted in recent months, gerrymandering has meant that most congressional districts are non-competitive, but an unpopular presidential candidate can definitely change that calculus. Bye George! Here are the weak GOP seats that could let Dems win the House in '24 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The ruling on Friday in the gerrymandering case, known as Moore v. North Carolina Court, With New Partisan Mix, Reverses Itself on a Key Voting Case 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In deeply gerrymandered Tennessee, where political power is determined largely in the Republican primaries, it remained unclear whether there would be any long-term backlash for conservative lawmakers. Tennessee G.O.P. Cuts Session Short With No Action on Gun Control 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z In a 2017 hearing in a Wisconsin partisan gerrymander case, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. called such metrics “sociological gobbledygook.” How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z And in 2019, the Supreme Court opened the door to more aggressive gerrymandering by barring federal court challenges on the basis of partisanship. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Republican legislators, in Tennessee as elsewhere, regularly diminish the power of the big metro areas through gerrymandering and state overrides of local control. Opinion | Gun absolutists don’t trust democracy because they know they’re losing 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z True, they have to be appointed, but that has proved to be a better solution in drawing congressional districts, resulting in less gerrymandering than one sees when the task is left to state legislatures. Opinion | Citizen selection of judges beats electing or appointing them 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Republicans are already dependent on gerrymandering and voter suppression to give them power way beyond what they actually earn at the ballot box. Republicans are in deep denial about how unpopular both they and Trump are 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z But if so, much of American jurisprudence carries the same label, said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a Harvard University law professor who has been a leading advocate of standards to judge partisan gerrymanders. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z A three-judge federal appeals panel ruled that the plan's division of the 1st and 6th districts was an unlawful racial gerrymander aimed at creating "a stronger Republican tilt" in Mace's district. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z It also means that Wisconsin’s election maps — aggressively gerrymandered by Republicans to give their party enduring control in the state legislature and to send Republicans to Congress — will surely be challenged. Opinion | Republicans’ longtime opposition to abortion is coming back to haunt them 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Law Forward, a Madison-based law firm, is expected to file a lawsuit challenging the state’s voting maps, arguing that partisan gerrymandering violates the state Constitution. Editorial: Wisconsin voters made it clear they want their abortion rights back 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Although legislative gerrymandering plays a key role in letting representatives choose their constituents, the nation’s “urban/rural polarization” has been a much bigger factor over the past 25 years, Wasserman wrote. Analysis | New report outlines the deep political polarization’s slow and steady march 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z “Tests involving some matter of degree are just ubiquitous in constitutional law,” he added, and nothing makes a partisan gerrymander case any different. How to Police Gerrymanders? Some Judges Say the Courts Can’t. 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Voters in Wisconsin handed Democrats a landslide victory and a one-seat majority on the state’s Supreme Court, with the fate of abortion and Wisconsin’s heavily gerrymandered political map at stake. A Week of Youthful Activism Sends Out Political Shockwaves 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z The lopsided dynamic is common in many U.S. statehouses — including where Democrats are in charge — and it has widened under gerrymandered voting maps that redraw legislative district boundaries to dilute the opposition party’s votes. How Tennessee GOP’s majority used power to expel Democrats 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The future of the outrageous gerrymander that makes Republicans massively over-represented in the state legislature was at issue but, most importantly, abortion rights were front and center. Republicans caught off guard by the left's ferocious backlash 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z It's that the state is so badly gerrymandered that Democrats cannot win a legislative majority, no matter how many more votes they get than Republicans. Tennessee Three — minus one — expelled: Is Republicans' revenge racist? 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z It offers the prospect of restoring an effective judicial check in a state where shameless partisan gerrymandering, perhaps some of the worst in the nation, has frustrated the will of the voters. Opinion | Wisconsin notwithstanding, electing judges is a terrible idea 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Protasiewicz made it clear throughout her campaign that her position, especially on abortion rights and gerrymandering, aligned with the Democratic Party. Wisconsin GOP supermajority already looking to impeach newly elected liberal Supreme Court judge 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z For the other implications of the Wisconsin race, especially for the state’s heavily gerrymandered legislative maps, I recommend Reid’s latest article. The Power and Limits of Abortion Politics 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Multiple democracy-related issues were at play in Wisconsin, including gerrymandering, which is not on the table in every state. 5 Lessons for Democrats From Victories in Wisconsin and Chicago 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The shift comes as the court is poised to consider cases involving abortion rights, gerrymandered maps and voting rights. Trump charges and progressive candidates’ election victories in Chicago, Wisconsin leave left elated 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Kelly, for his part, has said courts shouldn’t wade into gerrymandering disputes. Opinion | Wisconsin notwithstanding, electing judges is a terrible idea 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z In February, the court moved to rehear two major voting rights cases — one striking down gerrymandered State Senate districts and another nullifying a voter identification law — that the justices had decided in the previous term. Democrat’s U-Turn to Join the G.O.P. Upends North Carolina Politics 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The shift could end the state’s abortion ban and legislative gerrymanders. Donald Trump’s Day in Court 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Democrats cannot overturn that ban in the Wisconsin Legislature, where Republicans hold large majorities thanks to gerrymandering, but the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court can. 5 Lessons for Democrats From Victories in Wisconsin and Chicago 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The result means that in the next year, the court is likely to reverse the state’s abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps drawn by Republicans. Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z But the Republicans in the statehouse still have huge majorities in both houses of the legislature, in part because of very aggressive gerrymandering. Opinion | It’s hard living in a state where the politicians hate people like you 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Supreme Court issued a decision that left partisan gerrymandering cases to state courts. Expensive court race will decide future of abortion in Wisconsin 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z In addition to abortion, Protasiewicz was outspoken on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered legislative maps, calling them “rigged.” Abortion access at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court race 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z A victory for the conservative candidate, Daniel Kelly, would mean abortion remains illegal, the gerrymandered maps stay in place, and Wisconsin remains a dysfunctional democracy for the foreseeable future. The Year’s Biggest Election 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “From our democracy to start with, our gerrymandered maps, women’s ability to make their own health care decisions, everything we care about is on the line.” Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Republican presidential primaries, like gerrymandered congressional districts, give outsize power to candidates with committed base supporters. What Trump's indictment means for his political future — and his party's 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Normally you say state elections are important, but when they've been gerrymandered so much, I don't see things getting better in Tennessee for decades. How abortion bans are impacting pregnant patients across the country 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Wisconsin also has the most extreme partisan gerrymandering in the United States. Opinion | Wisconsin Supreme Court race shows folly of electing judges 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Supreme Court will rule in a racial gerrymandering case from Alabama that voting rights advocates fear could virtually dismantle the nearly 60-year-old Voting Rights Act. Biden starts democracy summit with $690M pledge for programs 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “Pretty much everything problematic in Wisconsin flows from the gerrymandering,” Mr. Mandell said in an interview on Tuesday. Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z If Judge Protasiewicz wins, Democrats are certain to challenge the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps — and during the campaign, she has called them “rigged.” Costly Court Race Points to a Politicized Future for Judicial Elections 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Justice Kelly slammed Judge Protasiewicz for making a muscular defense of abortion rights and calling the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps “rigged” — the two issues that sit at the centerpiece of her campaign. Wisconsin Court Candidates Clash Over Abortion and Democracy 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, North Carolina’s GOP legislative leaders have argued legislatures have expansive powers when it comes to redistricting and state courts have no authority to handle gerrymandering cases. N.C. high court mulls throwing out rulings on redistricting, voter ID 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The North Carolina Supreme Court's then-Democratic majority threw out a Republican-drawn congressional map last year, ruling the state constitution does not permit lawmakers to manipulate district lines for partisan advantage, a process known as gerrymandering. North Carolina's top court to hear redistricting case with national implications 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “Trying to address the gerrymander and reverse the extreme partisan gerrymandering we have is the highest priority.” Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, in Victory for Abortion Rights Backers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “We need to keep this movement alive and growing in order to continue to fight back against the gerrymandering that we see coming.” No Rest Between Censuses for Congressional Mapmakers 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In what a dissenting justice called a “display of raw partisanship,” the court split along those party lines last month and ordered a rehearing of the gerrymandering dispute, scheduling arguments for March 14. Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He wound up being in the majority of a 5-4 decision that closed federal courts to complaints about partisan gerrymandering. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Jackson gets hometown honor 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Good government groups, including Common Cause, have countered that gerrymandering harms democracy and that the court should not reverse rulings just because its partisan composition changed. North Carolina's top court to hear redistricting case with national implications 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z And after Hogan’s long criticism of the state’s congressional and state legislative maps for gerrymandering, a Maryland judge struck down the congressional lines last year that had drawn by Democrats. Ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan won’t challenge Trump in 2024 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z And the outcome of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election in April will determine whether a Republican-drawn gerrymander of state legislative lines survives. No Rest Between Censuses for Congressional Mapmakers 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The case arose from a decision by the State Supreme Court last year to block North Carolina’s congressional voting map, drawn by Republican lawmakers, as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the state Constitution. Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z But Republicans enjoy a big majority in the state legislature, thanks to gerrymandered legislative districts and Democrats’ weakness in rural areas that have shifted to the GOP. Analysis | For clues to U.S. politics, look to Chicago, Wisconsin on April 4 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z It included provisions to restrict partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts, strike down hurdles to voting and bring transparency to a murky campaign finance system that allows wealthy donors to bankroll political causes anonymously. Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The North Carolina Supreme Court described it as an "egregious and intentional partisan gerrymanders, designed to enhance Republican performance, and thereby give a greater voice to those voters than to any others." “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Protasiewicz has been vocal about her progressive views on partisan gerrymandering of political maps and abortion, while Kelly is known to be a right-wing extremist. Wisconsin Supreme Court election candidate is Trump loyalist involved in electors plot 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Conservatives have controlled the court since 2008 and issued rulings handing Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases. Primary to set field for Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z They hope that with a more vulnerable opponent, Democrats can win a seat held for decades by Republicans and deny the G.O.P. a veto-proof majority in the gerrymandered chamber. Democrats Meddle Again in a G.O.P. Primary, This Time Down-Ballot 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Last year's Democratic majority on the court ruled that the state constitution outlawed gerrymandering, the process by which one party manipulates redistricting to entrench power. North Carolina Republicans reap reward of judicial wins in redistricting ruling 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Harper, in which the Supreme Court will decide whether the North Carolina Supreme Court has the power to strike down the legislature's gerrymandered congressional map for violating the North Carolina Constitution. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z The state Supreme Court will also likely examine election laws, including redistricting rules that have allowed Republicans to maintain power in the state legislature through partisan gerrymandering. Wisconsin Supreme Court election candidate is Trump loyalist involved in electors plot 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Supreme Court in attempt to avoid redrawing the map that a three-judge federal panel last month deemed unconstitutional as a discriminatory racial gerrymander. SC Republicans to appeal redistricting case to Supreme Court 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It is also evident in the ongoing struggle for voting rights, as Black citizens are still being denied the right to vote through various means, including gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics. ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z On Friday, the court moved to rehear two major voting rights cases that it had previously decided, one striking down a gerrymandered map of State Senate districts and another nullifying new voter identification requirements. On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Last year, the court ruled 4-3 to strike down all three sets of maps for being partisan gerrymanders that violated the state constitution. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In more recent years, he has focused on climate change and eliminating gerrymandering. Cyclist injured in Brentwood traffic collision with former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The rehearings ultimately could lead to new opinions that reinstate the photo ID mandate and strike down precedent from the Supreme Court in February 2022 that declared the state constitution outlawed extensive partisan gerrymandering. N. Carolina Supreme Court to rehear voter ID, redistricting 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Democrats are poised to bring a gerrymandering lawsuit if liberals take control of the court, and Kelly questioned whether she would act fairly. Voters could tip Wisconsin Supreme Court left on abortion, gerrymandering 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Example one is the Republican legislative leaders’ request to rehear the December gerrymandering ruling — an order by the Democratic justices to redraw a map of State Senate districts. On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z In Florida for example, a constitutional amendment bans partisan gerrymandering. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z They offer a way around gerrymandered state legislatures that are pushing stricter laws. Do Abortion Rights Hang On State Constitutions? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Mitchell, the other liberal candidate, has also been outspoken in supporting abortion rights, while calling the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps“extreme” and “partisan.” Abortion front and center in Wisconsin Supreme Court race 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It also could wade into disputes over gerrymandering and the outcome of the next presidential election. Voters could tip Wisconsin Supreme Court left on abortion, gerrymandering 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z In that request is a much bigger appeal: for the court to overrule, without any rehearing, a landmark ruling last February that newly drawn congressional and state legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Partisan gerrymandering and voter ID laws have the potential to disrupt core democratic processes across the country. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Appeasing the relatively small gun-worshiping cult and becoming more hard right, in large part due to the gerrymandering of U.S. Where have Republicans been during California's mass shootings? They're busy appeasing the gun worshiping cult 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z She turned heads this month at a candidate forum when she declared the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps “rigged.” 2023’s Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Supreme Court, gerrymandering, state legislatures and the U.S. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by practicing his words, continuing his work 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z House of Representatives in the November elections, and established the precedent that partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina violated the State Constitution. On North Carolina’s Supreme Court, G.O.P. Justices Move to Reconsider Democratic Rulings 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z "Voter suppression and gerrymandering have been rooted in harming voters of color," Phillips said. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z In spring 2022, Santos’ race suddenly became competitive after a state court undid a Democratic gerrymander and adopted new congressional boundaries friendlier to Republicans. Santos’ lies were known to some well-connected Republicans 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “However, given how the Republican majority has waged war on bodily autonomy, climate science, and queer people over their years of gerrymandered reign, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.” Wisconsin Republicans block ‘conversion therapy’ ban 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The court’s justices have increasingly been called on to settle landmark lawsuits involving elections, gerrymandering, abortion and other contentious issues. The Elections That Will Matter in 2023 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z McCarthy’s opponents mostly represent solidly conservative districts, increasingly common as gerrymandering has shrunk the number of competitive seats nationwide. Back in their districts, House speaker holdouts get cheers, jeers and shrugs 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z "We need to pay attention to that and stop partisan gerrymandering," Brown said. “Model for bad democracy”: Voting rights wins may be reversed after GOP flips North Carolina court 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z “The movement of over 30,000 African Americans in a single county from Congressional District No. 1 to Congressional District No. 6 created a stark racial gerrymander of Charleston County,” the judges wrote. Federal Panel Rules South Carolina Congressional District Is Illegal Gerrymander 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In 2015, Ohio voters were looking to avoid partisan gerrymandering, and voted overwhelmingly to empower a new, bipartisan Ohio Redistricting Commission to draw Statehouse maps. EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Ohio’s unsettled political maps? 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z That provision could limit the ability of Ohio voters to rein in GOP gerrymandering or otherwise counter the majority-Republican Legislature, such as by codifying the right to an abortion. New year expected to bring more changes to state voting laws 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Likewise, the denial of basic rights to Native Americans, convict laborers and interned Japanese-Americans — and, most recently, voter suppression laws or gerrymandering targeting Black and Latino voters in particular — have constituted a citizenship caste system. Jan. 6 assault reflected a deep American division: Whose democracy is it? 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z In the gerrymandering case, the court found that the boundaries for state Senate districts unfairly favored Republicans and disfavored Black voters by diluting their vote. North Carolina high court rejects voter-identification law, electoral map 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z These lines replaced initial versions the GOP-controlled General Assembly approved in November 2021, but were later struck down by justices for violating what they called the state constitution’s prohibition against partisan gerrymandering. N. Carolina justices: State Senate map must be drawn again 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z One reform he championed — opposing most Democratic politicians — was independent redistricting of legislative and congressional districts, eliminating the crass practice of gerrymandering. After decades in California politics, Bob Hertzberg is hanging it up. Too bad there are term limits 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z That gerrymander is now well into its second decade. How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z And here’s Friday’s edition of “The Daily,” on gerrymandering in the U.S. Your Monday Briefing 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Among the states, Ohio has become a prime battleground, with fights underway over both gerrymandering and election rules. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Song parodies about the news: To "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas": Have yourself a gerrymandered district, Draw some artful lines; Make it look like 12 exploding porcupines. Style Invitational Week 1518: The Style Expirational 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Through the independent state legislature theory, the Supreme Court could give often extremely gerrymandered state legislatures unchecked power to influence the outcomes of elections. Opinion | The Supreme Court shouldn’t even consider this case 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps it will make it easier for federal courts, now stocked with junior Federalist Society acolytes, to police state supreme courts that dare interfere with GOP gerrymanders. How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z After winning six out of six ballot initiatives this year, abortion rights supporters are pressing for more, especially in states such as Ohio and Missouri where the legislatures are gerrymandered and staunchly anti-abortion. The New Landscape of the Abortion Fight 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z In the Wisconsin State Legislature, Republicans drew extreme gerrymanders of the State House and State Senate in 2011 and again in 2021, locking in control of both chambers. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Among its ailments: a segment of the public in thrall to the Big Lie that Trump won the 2020 election, social media platforms that peddle misinformation and gerrymandering that polarizes state politics. Voters rejected election deniers — but there are still 6 very real threats to democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The state’s Supreme Court, which at the time had a majority of elected Democratic justices, found in 2022 that the gerrymandering violated the state constitution’s guarantee that “all elections shall be free.” Opinion | This is the most mischaracterized Supreme Court case in recent memory 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps most importantly, in some states, supreme courts have been the last remaining avenues for citizens to reclaim their democracy from legislatures so gerrymandered that lawmakers need not listen to anyone. How John Roberts may slow-walk American democracy right off the cliff 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Conservatives are attacking every facet of our democracy to ensure minority rule: from stacking the courts with right-wing judges, to gerrymandering, to restricting the ballot-measure process and suppressing voters. Opinion | The truth about Democrats’ voting strength 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Should the justices agree, judicial oversight of elections could be upended nationwide, and lawsuits over gerrymandered maps would become moot. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z A perhaps underappreciated contributor to extremism is the persistence of partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures, says Pepper, the former Ohio Democratic Party chair. Voters rejected election deniers — but there are still 6 very real threats to democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z To make a long story short: After the North Carolina Supreme Court threw out the legislature’s maps as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and imposed new maps, the lawmakers petitioned the U.S. Is the Supreme Court About to Upend American Election Laws? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In other words, legislators in the Tar Heel State were for judicial review of gerrymandered maps before they were against it. Will Supreme Court aid the far right in enshrining minority rule? Constitution hangs by a thread 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And they were still able to gerrymander enough districts to win the House. Opinion | The truth about Democrats’ voting strength 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Some Democratic states, led by Illinois, New York and Maryland, drew their own extreme gerrymanders in the last redistricting cycle, although state courts in Maryland and especially in New York reined in those maps’ excesses. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Senate's failure to pass voting rights legislation that could have put a halt to partisan gerrymandering and protected voting rights. Voters rejected election deniers — but there are still 6 very real threats to democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z With Georgia poised to remain a critical political battleground and with Republicans holding gerrymandered majorities in both chambers of its state legislature, some in the party said that additional election law changes were likely. Losing Another Runoff, Georgia Republicans Weigh an Election Shake-Up 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And consider Chief Justice John Roberts' 2019 majority opinion in a case on partisan gerrymandering, in which he recognized that legislative gerrymanders did not operate in a vacuum. Will Supreme Court aid the far right in enshrining minority rule? Constitution hangs by a thread 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z A state court struck down the map as an illegal partisan gerrymander. Supreme Court justices skeptical of unchecked state power over federal elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Instead, the Republican-dominated commission created state legislative and congressional maps that the state Supreme Court repeatedly rejected as Republican gerrymanders. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The gerrymandered districts also mean races are decided in primaries by voters who are often strong partisans. Voters rejected election deniers — but there are still 6 very real threats to democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Harper, No. 21-1271, concerns a congressional district map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature that was rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z State constitutions, Roberts said, "can provide standards and guidance for state courts to apply" in gerrymandering cases. Will Supreme Court aid the far right in enshrining minority rule? Constitution hangs by a thread 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Some elections experts have said the doctrine could make it easier for a state legislature's majority party to draw congressional district boundaries to entrench its own power, a practice called gerrymandering. Republicans target judicial scrutiny of elections at U.S. Supreme Court 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a Republican, voted with Democratic justices against the gerrymanders. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Unlike partisan gerrymandering, racial gerrymandering is policed by federal courts, which enforce the Voting Rights Act. Voters rejected election deniers — but there are still 6 very real threats to democracy 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The theory, if accepted, would give state legislatures enormous and largely unchecked power to set all sorts of election rules, particularly by drawing congressional maps warped by partisan gerrymandering. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The theory would give state legislatures enormous and largely unchecked power to set all sorts of election rules, notably by drawing congressional maps warped by partisan gerrymandering. Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Transform Federal Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Legal battles over partisan and racial gerrymandering “are as North Carolina as barbecue, tobacco fields and hot, humid summer days,” says the executive director of the state Common Cause chapter. Supreme Court to consider fundamental change in elections authority 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z And though both parties have benefited from gerrymanders, Republicans are far more likely to make it a centerpiece of their electoral strategy. The Election Is Over. The Fight Over Voting Rules and Gerrymanders Isn’t. 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Throughout U.S. history, both Republicans and Democrats have gerrymandered after the once-a-decade census, when districts are redrawn to account for population changes. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Common Cause, which stated that partisan gerrymanders were political matters outside the purview of federal courts. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Harper, No. 21-1271, concerns a voting map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature that was rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Transform Federal Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Some legal experts have said the doctrine could make it easier for a state legislature's majority party to draw the boundaries of U.S. congressional districts to entrench its own power, a practice called gerrymandering. Supreme Court considers limiting judicial scrutiny in U.S. elections 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The issue comes at a time when gerrymanders have become so extreme and technologically sophisticated that they can enable parties to almost indefinitely lock in political dominance. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled in another North Carolina case that federal courts have no role in deciding partisan gerrymandering disputes. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Most recently, supreme courts have rejected as partisan gerrymanders maps drawn by legislatures in Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Ohio after the 2020 census. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Congress can’t fix itself — gerrymandered districts and party leadership contests promote more rivalry than less. Opinion | There’s a way for Biden to break through the gridlock 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Coupled with policies like harsh gerrymandering and countywide elections, many Black candidates outside Atlanta found it difficult to succeed alongside the state’s still byzantine election rules. Georgia’s runoff system was created to dilute Black voting power 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z “Wouldn’t it be ironic,” he said, “if the Supreme Court, which worried about descending into the political thicket by regulating partisan gerrymanders, nevertheless throws our entire election system into disarray?” Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Freed from federal constraints, partisan gerrymandering surged after the 2020 census. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z More sweeping efforts to strengthen voting rights and ban gerrymanders have been blocked by Republican opposition. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z A state court struck down the map drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature as an illegal partisan gerrymander and imposed its own map. Supreme Court to decide how much authority state legislatures have over elections 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Common Cause, that challenges to partisan gerrymandering should be addressed in state, not federal, courts. Opinion | North Carolina’s dubious constitutional theory could undermine elections 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “It could unleash a wave of gerrymandering from both parties.” Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z So did the number of lawsuits in state courts alleging that partisan gerrymandering violated state constitutions. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Harper, a case that could upend how states oversee federal elections and open the door to increased congressional gerrymandering. Opinion | Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z We know this because we saw it firsthand in Michigan when we built the nonpartisan grassroots movement that defeated gerrymandering here and re-empowered the people. Voters won in Michigan this year — and fair maps made the difference 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Candidates in the state also ran in new districts drawn by an independent citizens commission that had been created previously by votes, instead of the heavily gerrymandered districts that had been drawn by Republican lawmakers. Defeated election conspiracists seek to lead Michigan GOP 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z But in 2019, Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion that closed federal courts to claims of partisan gerrymandering but noted state courts remained open. Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z A 2018 decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court provided a template for voting-rights advocates to pursue gerrymandering claims in state courts. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Petitioner Timothy Moore is speaker of the GOP-controlled General Assembly in North Carolina, where earlier this year the state Supreme Court overturned the legislature’s redistricting plans as “unlawful partisan gerrymanders.” Opinion | Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z It's been a remarkable transformation in a state where, for decades, elections were rigged by gerrymanders of historical proportions. Voters won in Michigan this year — and fair maps made the difference 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The deeply partisan court has had the final say on upholding several Republican priorities for the past decade-plus, including heavily gerrymandered legislative maps and a law effectively ending collective bargaining rights for public workers. Wisconsin parade crash case an issue in Supreme Court race 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Harper has major implications for other aspects of elections, including gerrymandering. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Although the Pennsylvania Constitution contains no specific mention of partisan gerrymandering, the state’s high court said it was prohibited under a state constitutional provision requiring “free and equal” elections. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Because outside North Carolina, only swing states and blue states have curbed partisan gerrymandering. Opinion | Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In 2018, Michigan voters amended the state constitution and put an end to gerrymandering. Voters won in Michigan this year — and fair maps made the difference 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z They seem to forget that one of the main reasons they have done so well in the House has been due to GOP gerrymandering, which was further helped by the recent redistricting. Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z This year, the state's Supreme Court, voting in line with its 4-3 Democratic majority, ruled that the legislature's congressional district map was a partisan gerrymander that violated the North Carolina Constitution. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In Kentucky, Democrats have asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that partisan gerrymandering is not prohibited by the state constitution. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The first interpretation could potentially liberate several Democratic states to gerrymander by removing state court authority. Opinion | Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Yet on maps gerrymandered to benefit the GOP, Republicans won near supermajorities in the state Assembly and state Senate, as well as six of eight seats in the U.S. Voters won in Michigan this year — and fair maps made the difference 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The result has been not just gerrymandered districts, but gerrymandered news. Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z A ruling in their favor would effectively insulate partisan gerrymanders from legal challenges. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z House maps enacted after the 2020 census violated specific state constitutional prohibitions against partisan gerrymandering. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z If the Moore litigants win, New York and Maryland, where a second pro-Democratic map was overturned, would surely waste no time in restoring gerrymanders. Opinion | Republicans’ Supreme Court argument on redistricting could backfire 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z We crafted a proposal, collected 428,000 signatures with all volunteers, and overcame political attacks and lawsuits from special interests to put a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering on the 2018 ballot. Voters won in Michigan this year — and fair maps made the difference 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z In a gerrymandered news environment, the right's views are disproportionately represented at the expense of just offering viewers the facts. Why the mainstream news media got its midterms election coverage so wrong 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Republicans fought for years to keep federal courts from examining partisan gerrymanders. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z House map passed by the Democratic-led Legislature was an “extreme gerrymander” that violated state constitutional requirements for compact districts and “free” elections. EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z He just lost his race for an Ohio state House seat after state Republicans refused to comply with a judicial ruling against their gerrymandered maps. Jim Obergefell has "concerns" about the Respect For Marriage Act 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z This case is about a lot more than gerrymandering; it is about the authority of state legislatures over the running of elections. Opinion | The Supreme Court can protect checks and balances 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The second factor is a massive GOP effort to gerrymander districts. For Democrats, it was the Dunkirk election: They escaped disaster, but the road ahead is hard 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the conservative majority, declared that federal courts had no authority to review cases concerning partisan gerrymandering. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z It shows that gerrymandering — or the lack of it — can affect the balance of power in legislatures and, ultimately, the policies they pursue. Flip of Michigan legislature highlights role of fair maps 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z GOP legislators vehemently opposed a split opinion by the state Supreme Court last winter that struck down a more favorable map for their party by declaring the state constitution prohibited partisan gerrymandering of boundaries. NC Democrats’ parity in Congress delegation may be fleeting 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Anwar’s bloc emerged the strongest in the race but it is unclear if this will translate into a victory given Malaysia’s gerrymandering and uneven proportion of voters in constituencies, she said. Malaysians vote in elections as old party, reformers clash 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Author David Daley — former editor in chief of Salon — has described how Republican operatives, taking advantage of the Citizens United decision, flooded states with dark money and created scientifically gerrymandered state and congressional districts. For Democrats, it was the Dunkirk election: They escaped disaster, but the road ahead is hard 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Harvard law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos ran a series of simulations recently that projected voting outcomes if each state could gerrymander at will. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Those districts gave Republican candidates one of the largest advantages in the nation, according to a prior AP analysis that used a mathematical formula to illustrate potential instances of gerrymandering. Flip of Michigan legislature highlights role of fair maps 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Senate leader Phil Berger said he expected the state would now move away from what he called the “judicial gerrymander” to “what would be, I think, a different drawing of the congressional maps.” NC Democrats’ parity in Congress delegation may be fleeting 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Republicans ended up benefitting most, as states including Florida and Georgia produced heavily gerrymandered maps that favored the GOP. Republicans win control of the House in an unexpectedly close midterm 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The state also elected 20 Republicans to Congress, up from 16, after Mr. DeSantis pushed to gerrymander boundaries and redraw districts held by Black lawmakers. DeSantis, without naming Trump, slams ‘hugely underwhelming’ midterms for the G.O.P. 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Democrats also turned to state courts to challenge restrictive voting and election laws, including Republican gerrymanders. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z One alleges the new district intentionally dilutes the voice of Latino voters, while the other alleges the boundaries constitute illegal racial gerrymandering. After redistricting rancor, Republicans maintain hold on Yakima Valley legislative districts 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z As voting rights and other experts have pointed out, many of the races that Republicans won in these midterms were the result of gerrymandering and other voter suppression and voter nullification techniques. A big win for democracy? Not so fast: This was a welcome reprieve — but that's all 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z But the race became more competitive this year after redistricting made the 6th District redder — largely thanks to Parrott’s own battles against partisan gerrymandering in Annapolis. David Trone projected to win reelection in Maryland’s 6th District 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z A Maryland judge ruled this year that the state’s congressional map approved in December after the latest census was unconstitutional because of partisan gerrymandering. Democrat David Trone reelected to US House in Maryland 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z In 2016, North Carolina Republicans suffered a serious setback: Their congressional district map was struck down as a racial gerrymander. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The court sided with Republicans who said the maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered and hired an expert to draw a more competitive map. New York emerges as exception to strong election for Dems 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The deliberate redrawing of districts to gain a majority goes by the name of gerrymandering, a portmanteau of “gerry” and “salamander.” Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “Two years ago, the Democrats in Santa Fe announced they would gerrymander our district to ensure they would totally control our state’s federal delegation,” Herrell said in a statement. Incumbent Republican concedes in New Mexico House race 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. De La Cruz emphasized her conservative ideology in flipping a seat in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas abandoned by an incumbent who switched districts after the state legislature handed him an unfavorable gerrymander. With House Majority in Play, a New Class Takes Shape 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z So they pivoted to explicitly partisan gerrymandering, using data on voting patterns to dilute Democratic Party voting power. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That apparent success was the result of newly drawn districts by an independent commission that untangled decades of Republican gerrymandering. Voters Reject Trump-Backed Election Deniers in Several Key States 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z A cartoonist at the time noticed that one of the districts resembled a salamander and thus coined the expression gerrymandering. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The state’s legislative districts were heavily gerrymandered by Republicans, allowing the party’s candidates to gain an advantage in the statehouse. Tony Evers and Ron Johnson Keep Their Seats in Wisconsin 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Maloney found himself in a tougher reelection race after New York’s redistricting fight did not go the Democrats’ way in the courts and their gerrymandered map was thrown out. GOP’s Lawler ousts DCCC Chairman Maloney in New York congressional district 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z But several state judges saw clear evidence of a gerrymander; one opinion called the maps "extreme partisan outliers," creating so few competitive districts as to be "incompatible with democratic principles." Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Most of the country’s 435 House seats were not in contention anyway, leaving the two sides to scrap over a battlefield shrunken by gerrymandering and sorted into polarized geographic enclaves. Five Takeaways From a Red Wave That Didn’t Reach the Shore 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Supreme Court even ruled that intentional gerrymandering is illegal. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z But the race was more competitive this year after redistricting made the 6th District redder — largely thanks to Parrott’s crusade against partisan gerrymandering in Annapolis. Maryland’s competitive 6th District race remains undecided 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Districts have been gerrymandered into amoeba-like blobs to give one party nearly insurmountable advantages over another. Perspective | Nonetheless, they voted 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z This February, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution bars partisan gerrymandering of this sort. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z That’s after the General Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, had to redraw the state’s congressional map after a judge struck down the one that was initially drawn due to partisan gerrymandering. Trone, Parrott, congressional rematch appears competitive 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z One possible clue that gerrymandering may be present is the length of the outer boundary: the more jagged a district, the larger the perimeter. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Harper, a North Carolina gerrymandering case this term, legal experts say. "Perfect storm": Arizona could prove pivotal in attempts to subvert the next presidential election 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Their longstanding voter-suppression campaign against Black and brown Americans in particular, driven by gerrymandering and a host of new laws aimed at making voting more difficult, is a major part of that strategy. Whatever the hell happens in this election, let's commit to facing the truth 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z So, for example, rulings rejecting GOP gerrymanders not only in North Carolina but also in Pennsylvania rely on open-ended provisions in their state constitutions. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z A panel of three judges established the existing congressional map after it declared the Republican-controlled legislature’s proposed boundaries constituted unlawful partisan gerrymandering. North Carolina swing district may affect control of US House 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The average distance between residents of a precinct may also indicate gerrymandering. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Races for Ohio House and Senate seats are the first test of new legislative maps drawn by the Ohio Redistricting Commission meant to reduce gerrymandering. Incumbent GOP Gov. Mike DeWine faces Democrat Nan Whaley 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Like its earlier iteration, this strategy involves voter suppression, racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter nullification and intimidation and even outright acts of violence by armed "poll watchers" or militia-style thugs. Brennan Center expert on America's decisive moment and the campaign "to end American democracy" 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z By contrast, in New York, where the state's high court overturned an aggressive Democratic gerrymander this year, the state charter contains an explicit ban on partisan gerrymandering. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Holder also emboldened proponents of aggressive partisan gerrymandering after the 2020 census, who used a tactic known as "cracking and packing," which splits up voting blocs and then crowds them into a few districts. How voter suppression and gerrymandering by the Texas GOP derails environmental justice 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Because of this “natural gerrymandering,” more Republicans inevitably take seats in the House of Representatives. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Common Cause, Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, said federal courts had no role to play in adjudicating challenges to partisan gerrymandering. Supreme Court Case on State Legislatures Could Open Litigation Floodgates 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Their control of legislatures in some battleground states is backed by gerrymandering. What’s at Stake 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Harper, hang an awful lot on fairly thin reeds; they derive a prohibition on partisan gerrymandering from four very broadly phrased clauses in the state constitution. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But over the course of her life, Murray has witnessed her community's voice in regional and state politics diminished to a whisper due to voter suppression and gerrymandering. How voter suppression and gerrymandering by the Texas GOP derails environmental justice 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z When advantageous or detrimental districting decisions for both parties in all U.S. states are netted against one another, gerrymandering should result in only three extra seats for Republicans— down from 23 seats in 2012. Geometry Reveals the Tricks Behind Gerrymandering 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z He added that complaints about partisan gerrymandering could be addressed in state courts. Supreme Court Case on State Legislatures Could Open Litigation Floodgates 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z We recently did an episode of the podcast about Wisconsin, and how Republicans have gerrymandered the state legislature in such a way that they have effectively shut Democrats out of power. What’s at Stake 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Maryland’s legislative districts are so heavily gerrymandered, Democrats hold supermajorities in both chambers and only a half-dozen Senate races are competitive in any given year. In suburban Md., Dems bet abortion outrage can flip a state Senate seat 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Isn’t life confusing and stressful enough — rights being taken away, gerrymanders being unleashed, political violence on the rise — without also having to vote? Opinion | Vote for me to run elections, and you’ll never have to vote again 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Former Representative Reid Ribble, a Republican who served northeastern Wisconsin, said, “There’s a lot of complaining about gerrymandered House or State Assembly seats, and there’s some truth to that.” Wisconsin Republicans Stand on the Verge of Total, Veto-Proof Power 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The case, set to be argued on Dec. 7, concerns a voting map drawn by the North Carolina Legislature that was rejected as a partisan gerrymander by the state’s Supreme Court. Supreme Court Case on State Legislatures Could Open Litigation Floodgates 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Between 2014 and 2016, purges knocked 16 million voters off the rolls and gerrymandering targeted college campuses, especially historically Black colleges and universities. "Young people are fed up": Inside the fight to defend young voters 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z He and other Republicans fought for years to undo a Democratic gerrymander and make it more conservative-friendly — ultimately prevailing in court earlier this year. Opinion | Red wave, or tsunami? Watch this Maryland district on election night. 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Supreme Court continues to offload crucial legal questions to the states, state courts have abruptly become final arbiters of some of America’s most divisive issues — gun rights, gerrymandering, voting rights, abortion. As Stakes Rise, State Supreme Courts Become Crucial Election Battlegrounds 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z |
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