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Wisconsin governor sued for not calling special elections
A Democratic group headed by former US attorney general Eric Holder sued Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Monday on behalf of several Wisconsin Democrats for his refusal to hold a special election to fill two vacancies in the state legislature. The (More) |
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A Lost Opportunity to Reach a Consensus on Gerrymandering
JUIRST Guest Columnist Bruce Ledewitz discusses the potential implications of courts taking a stand on gerrymandering....The unseemly haste of the recently elected Democratic Party majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has undermined the impact (More) |
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Supreme Court dismisses partisan-gerrymandering case for lack of jurisdiction
Supreme Court dismissed Texas Democratic Party v. Abbott today, claiming want of jurisdiction. This dismissal may seem surprising, given that the Court has chosen to hear other gerrymandering cases this term. This past October the Supreme Court he (More) |
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Federal court strikes down North Carolina redistricting plan
A three-judge panel in the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina struck down North Carolina's 2016 congressional redistricting plan Tuesday. The case was brought by consolidated plaintiffs Common Cause and the League of Women (More) |
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Commonwealth Court finds no 'judicially manageable' standards in Pennsylvania redistricting case
A judge on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court on Friday ruled that those challenging the state's 2011 congressional map in League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania failed to provide a sufficient standard for determining whether a (More) |
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Supreme Court adds Maryland redistricting case to merits docket
The US Supreme Court on Friday added a Maryland redistricting case, Benisek v. Lamone, to its merits docket on Friday, along with six other cases . While the case was previously being considered on a jurisdictional question, SCOTUS decided to d (More) |
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders lower court to hear and rule on gerrymandering case by end of year
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a per curiam order Thursday vacating a decision by the Commonwealth Court to stay a hearing in a gerrymandering case, League of Women Voters v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . The outcome of the case is v (More) |
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North Carolina partisan gerrymandering trial begins
The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina on Monday began trial in Common Cause v. Rucho, a consolidated partisan gerrymandering case brought by Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, among others. The la (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Wisconsin gerrymandering case
Through their questions and various statements during a one-hour oral argument on Tuesday, most of the Supreme Court justices indicated at least some consensus about their opinion of the practice of gerrymandering. With the exception of Justice Nei (More) |
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Are political gerrymandering claims justiciable? Gill v. Whitford argument preview
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Gill v. Whitford , a case directly challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's congressional districts with broad implications for the limits of political gerrymandering nationwide. The Co (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
