What Is Extreme Gerrymandering? | Brennan Center for Justice
WEBMar 22, 2019 · What is extreme gerrymandering? Gerrymandering describes the intentional manipulation of district boundaries to discriminate against a group of voters on the basis of their political views or race.
Gerrymandering Explained - Brennan Center for Justice
WEBJun 9, 2023 · The latest redistricting cycle was the first since the Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling that gerrymandering for party advantage cannot be challenged in federal court. Here are six things to know about partisan gerrymandering and how it impacts our democracy. Gerrymandering is deeply undemocratic.
Supreme Court ruling makes it harder to bring racial gerrymandering …
WEBMay 23, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die - Vox
WEBAug 3, 2023 · America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die. The lawsuit seeking to transform Wisconsin into a democracy, explained. by Ian Millhiser. Aug 3, 2023, 1:40 PM PDT. Justice Janet Protasiewicz ...
The new Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering, …
WEBOct 5, 2023 · The high stakes in a new Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering. The justices may have stepped away from their unrelenting hostility toward voting rights plaintiffs.
North Carolina's Supreme Court reverses itself on gerrymandering - NBC News
WEBApr 28, 2023 · Now, extreme partisan gerrymandering has been legalized and it will be weaponized against voters,” Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, said in a release.
North Carolina’s extreme new gerrymander, explained - Vox
WEBNov 9, 2021 · The Princeton Gerrymandering Project, an academic group that grades political maps based on a set of mathematical metrics of fairness, gave the North Carolina map an “F” for extreme partisan...
Extreme Gerrymandering & the 2018 Midterm - Brennan Center …
WEBMar 23, 2018 · This comprehensive study poses a stark warning to both courts and the public. What looks to be one of the most important recent midterm elections may turn out, in fact, to show how effectively extreme gerrymandering distorts American democracy and blunts the public’s voice.
Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The …
WEBJun 27, 2019 · In a 5-4 decision along traditional conservative-liberal ideological lines, the Supreme Court ruled that partisan redistricting is a political question — not reviewable by federal courts — and that...
As Gerrymanders Get Worse, Options to Overturn Them Get …
WEBNov 21, 2021 · That ruling, with the green light for partisan gerrymandering, is prompting lawmakers to try to dodge lawsuits with a new argument: Maps that dilute minority votes aren’t racially biased.