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Gerrymandering
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Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy
Programming Democracy – III: Connecting the Dots [Guest Post]
[This is the final post in a three-part series by Rudraksh Lakra. Parts One and Two are linked.] This is the third essay in the Programming Democracy series. The first…
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A Principled Decision In An Unprincipled Game
The confluence of a few unfortunate circumstances resulted in the Virginia Supreme Court holding that the state constitutional amendment to allow the redistricting plan as a counterbalance to other states’…
JURIST
DeSantis moves to gerrymander Florida days after Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled on Monday a new congressional map that would carve out four additional Republican-friendly seats in the state—a move made significantly easier by a Supreme Court…
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Better Red Than Race
Technically, Justice Sam Alito’s 6-3 majority opinion doesn’t kill the Voting Rights Act, as he allowed that Section 2, prohibiting the dilution of minority voting rights by gerrymandering to still…
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Was The Virginia Referendum Unclear?
Trump says so, and he is, if he says so himself, “extraordinarily brilliant.” It’s quite possible that Trump had “no idea what the hell they were talking about in the…
JURIST
Supreme Court blocks order to redraw New York congressional district ahead of midterms
The US Supreme Court on Monday removed a New York trial court order to redraw a congressional district, which would have bolstered minority-resident voting power before midterm elections in November.…
Supreme Court Update
Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens (No. 25A608)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
Yesterday, in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens (No. 25A608), a presumably 6-3 Court issued a short order allowing Texas’s new, and explicitly gerrymandered, congressional map to go into effect for the 2026 congressional election. In…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Dr. Shakari Byerly on California Prop 50, the Power of the Black Vote, and the Fight Against Gerrymandering
The fight for a truly representative democracy is constant, complex, and requires vigilance. When one state takes a step back from proportional representation through political gerrymandering, the balance of power…
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Is There An Option Other Than Gerry v. Gerry?
Historically, the party out of power wins the midterm elections as a means of rebuking and restraining the excesses of the party in power. Trump has no intention of letting…
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Blind Faith In Takeovers Of American Cities
Outside California Governor Gavin Newsom’s presser in Little Tokyo announcing that California will hold a special election to determine whether to engage in midterm redistricting in reaction to Texas’ gerrymandering…