Sep 29 Michigan voters to decide how their electoral maps are drawn By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Voters in Michigan will decide in November whether to entrust how their voting districts are drawn to an independent commission rather than the Legislature. Continue reading
Aug 28 North Carolina's congressional map still unlawful with partisan bias, judges rule By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Federal judges on Monday affirmed their earlier decision striking North Carolina's congressional districts as unconstitutional because Republicans drew them with excessive partisanship. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 4:44 Supreme Court upholds Texas voting districts in racial gerrymandering case The Supreme Court upheld current state and congressional districts in Texas in a much-awaited 5-4 decision on racial gerrymandering. The majority rejected a lower court's findings that Texas had engaged in racial discrimination, primarily against black and Hispanic voters, in… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 5:49 Utah's Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources By PBS News Hour There is a heated battle in one Utah county over voting district lines and the effect on Native American representation. Last year, a federal judge ruled that the districts had been gerrymandered by lumping the Navajo into a single bloc,… Continue watching
Jun 04 4 major cases to watch from the Supreme Court this term By Marcia Coyle This Supreme Court term feels more politically fraught than recent ones for two reasons: the extreme partisanship dominating the relationships between the executive and legislative branches, and the nature of the remaining cases to be decided. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 5:02 This Supreme Court gerrymandering case could redraw the political landscape By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court delved again into the high-stakes debate over what is and isn't allowed when lawmakers draw electoral districts. In the latest case, the court heard arguments over whether a Maryland district was redrawn to help Democrats. Marcia Coyle… Continue watching
Mar 24 GOP's congressional stronghold is Democrats' source of hope By Marc Levy, Associated Press A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 3:43 News Wrap: Pa. Republicans lose legal battles in redistricting fight By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, both the U.S. Supreme Court and a panel of federal judges refused to block a new Pennsylvania congressional map deemed more fair, and more favorable to Democrats. Also, the family business of Jared Kushner, the… Continue watching
Feb 21 Pennsylvania GOP leaders ask Supreme Court to block new congressional map By Associated Press The request to Justice Samuel Alito says the state Supreme Court usurped legislative authority and calls the decision unprecedented. Continue reading
Feb 20 National Republican group plans to sue over Pennsylvania's redrawn congressional map By Associated Press The court-imposed congressional map overhauls a Republican-drawn map widely viewed as among the nation's most gerrymandered. The National Republican Congressional Committee said the lawsuit could be filed as early as Wednesday. Continue reading