The gerrymandering cases at the Supreme Court this coming week

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 2:02am |

From the expert on redistricting & voting at The Brennan Center & at NYU Law School, a mega thread of 42 tweets splaining the upcoming cases

On Tuesday, partisan gerrymandering returns to SCOTUS when the high court hears arguments in cases challenging North Carolina's and Maryland's congressional maps. A thread. #fairmaps #ncpol 1/
— Michael Li (@mcpli) March 22, 2019

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https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1109096987121594369

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And on Ohio-said to be among the worst-from The Columbus Dispatch:

Ohio has one of the most “problematic” congressional maps in the nation, with an impenetrable 12–4 GOP advantage, says Brennan Center expert @mcpli. https://t.co/xaVfZaetMr
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) March 23, 2019

by artappraiser on Sun, 03/24/2019 - 2:07am

Nina Totenberg on AP story:

The effort to put limits on extreme partisan gerrymandering faces long odds #SCOTUS https://t.co/NJRttNwNyu, but AP analysis shows that as bad as ‘18 House results were 4 GOP, w/o gerrymandering, Repubs would have lost 16 more seats. https://t.co/5AZJAXAovG
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) March 25, 2019

by artappraiser on Mon, 03/25/2019 - 1:39pm

The gerrymandering cases at the Supreme Court this coming week

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