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Tag Archives: redistricting
Gerrymandering: Beyond the Partisan Divide
By Elliott Gluck Associate Editor, Volume 23 Pennsylvania has a long history of a fierce partisan political divisions, due in part to its extremely diverse electorate, geography, and economy.[1] This divide results in massive campaign spending each election cycle and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 2018 midterm election, Congressional districts, Congressional maps, district drawing, district lines, efficiency gap, elections, gerrymandering, partisan gerrymandering, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania redistricting, political gerrymandering, racial gerrymandering, redistricting, voter dilution, voting rights, Wisconsin
Supreme Court Considers Limits of Racial Gerrymandering
By Marcus Baldori Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In the coming months, the Supreme Court is expected to clarify its stance on the legal boundaries of racial gerrymandering. In December 2016 the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethune-Hill v. Virginia, Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, equal protection, Equal Protection Clause, gerrymandering, majority-minority districts, Mobile v. Bolden, oral arguments, racial gerrymandering, redistricting, scotus, Section 2 VRA, strict scrutiny, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Virginia, voter packing, voting rights, Voting Rights Act
Court strikes down Virginia discriminatory congressional map
A federal court in Virginia struck down the state’s congressional map on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. The panel found that the state legislature’s decision to pack African Americans into the 3rd Congressional District, a district controlled by Democrats, was unconstitutional … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, federal courts, racial discrimination, redistricting
