After a change in justices, the court is ignoring precedent and taking aim at issues like redistricting and voter ID laws.
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Posted inPolitics
The Decline and Possible Resurrection of Radical Gerrymandering
Exclusive: Gerrymandering is affecting U.S. House races much less often. But that could all change if the most conservative Supreme Court justices have their way.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Another Scheme to Curtail Voting Rights
Get to know the “independent state legislature doctrine” which intrigues Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Newest GOP Plan to Maintain Minority Rule
Republicans know demography isn’t on their side. Their response? To try to redraw legislative districts based on voting age.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Finally, Democrats Seem Poised to Win at Redistricting
In 2010, Republicans crushed down-ballot races and, with the spoils, gerrymandered like hell. Why it’s different now.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Democrats Fight Back Against Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression
The efforts to ensure fair elections are focused on battleground states.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Is the North Carolina GOP the Future of the National Party?
The Tarheel State’s GOP stands out as radical and lawless, but they may just be an early example of where the whole party is heading.
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Everybody Hates John Roberts
The chief justice’s rulings this week in two politically fraught cases gave both sides something to fume about.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Supreme Court May Regret Making It Harder to Challenge Gerrymanders
Republicans have benefited greatly from the practice over the last decade, but that could change if they do poorly in 2020.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Is Chief Justice Roberts an Ideologue or an Institutionalist?
His upcoming votes on the census and gerrymandering could answer that question.
