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Federalist newspapers' editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was born out of a portmanteau of that word and Governor Gerry's surname. Partisan gerrymandering, which refers to redistricting that favors one political party, has a long tradition in the United States.
Rucho v. Common Cause, No. 18-422, 588 U.S. 684 (2019) is a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court concerning partisan gerrymandering. [1] The Court ruled that while partisan gerrymandering may be "incompatible with democratic principles", the federal courts cannot review such allegations, as they present nonjusticiable political questions outside the jurisdiction of these courts.
Gerrymandering in India is loosely claimed by many political analysts, however there is no conclusive evidence whether the exercise has benefited a particular political party or not. [127] The last nationwide delimitation was done in 2009 and two successive elections threw two different results giving mandate to both the political parties one ...
In an about-face last week, with a newly elected Republican majority, the North Carolina Supreme Court cleared the way for the Republican-controlled state legislature to further gerrymander its ...
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that partisan political gerrymandering is legal and constitutional after a lawsuit over Republican-drawn maps.
‘Gerrymandering is one of the biggest risks we face for democracy’ ... and Republicans took advantage of their 2010 midterm gains when Americans came out to vote against Obamacare and its new ...
Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks on the Act from inside the Capitol Building. The Freedom to Vote Act (formerly known as the For the People Act), [1] introduced as H.R. 1, [2] is a bill in the United States Congress [3] intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal ...
Gill v. Whitford, 585 U.S. 48 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering.Other forms of gerrymandering based on racial or ethnic grounds had been deemed unconstitutional, and while the Supreme Court had identified that extreme partisan gerrymandering could also be unconstitutional, the Court had not agreed on how this could be ...