A three judge panel for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday rejected 2-1 a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania's electoral map. Although there was no unified majority opinion in Agre v....
Recently, professors at Carnegie Mellon University have proposed a method to reform redistricting and avoid partisan gerrymandering. The plan proposed by the CMU professors would seek to take advantage of each party’s self-interest to create fairer and...
Redistricting has taken on increasing importance nationally as controversies over the political gerrymandering of House seats in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have moved into the spotlight. However, redistricting controversies are not confined to the national level. At...
Today, a three judge panel announced its intention to go forward with plans to appoint a special master over the objections of North Carolina state legislators. The legislators objected to the plans on Monday...
Today, a three judge panel in the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ordered the appointment of a special master to evaluate nine redrawn districts. The North Carolina General Assembly redrew the districts...
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...
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 Court will address...
