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LA Times: Supreme Court’s approval of partisan gerrymandering raises 2020 election stakes (News Clips)

6/27/2019

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld highly partisan state election maps that permit one party to win most seats, even when most voters cast ballots for the other side.

Supreme Court Declines to Set a Standard to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering (Press Release)

6/27/2019

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina that no fair test exists for courts to determine when partisan gerrymandering has gone too…

League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho) (Legal Case)

6/27/2019

LWVNC v. Rucho challenged North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan in the Supreme Court as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

Six Years Since Shelby Shows There’s More Work to Do. Here’s How You Can Make an Impact. (Blog)

6/26/2019

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was one of the most important pieces of legislation of the 20th century. But in 2013, the Supreme Court gutted important sections of it in Shelby County v. Holder.

League Urges Support for Census Bureau Funding in FY 2020 Budget (Legal Document)

6/24/2019

The League joined letters to the Census Project and other affiliates calling on Congress to support the funding levels for the Census Bureau appropriated in the FY 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science…

League Celebrates Supreme Court Decision Limiting Political Interest in Redistricting Cases (Press Release)

6/17/2019

The Court provided clarity that state Attorneys General will maintain the exclusive right to bring future redistricting cases.

A Plaintiff's Perspective at the Supreme Court for Rucho v. LWVNC (Blog)

6/1/2019

This month the Supreme Court will issue their decision in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina, our redistricting lawsuit that could set a standard for the whole nation when it comes to…

LWV Ohio Wins Fair Maps Lawsuit (Press Release)

5/3/2019

Ohio Election Maps Declared Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, to Be Redrawn in Time for 2020 COLUMBUS – Today a three-judge panel from…

LWV Celebrates New Michigan District Maps for 2020 (Press Release)

4/25/2019

Today a panel of federal district judges ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters of Michigan in their First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges to the state and congressional redistricting plans…

Washington Post: Federal judges rule Michigan gerrymandering unconstitutional, order maps redrawn by 2020 (News Clips)

4/25/2019

Federal judges ordered the state of Michigan to draw new legislative districts on Thursday, after finding that a gerrymandered plan enacted by the state’s Republican-dominated legislature in 2011…