A Year After Voters Pass Clean MO, the Fight Continues
It’s been a year since Missourians went to the polls and said “yes” to redistricting reform, but supporters say they’re still defending the win.
It’s been a year since Missourians went to the polls and said “yes” to redistricting reform, but supporters say they’re still defending the win.
10/27: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky explains why the Supreme Court was right to rule that political redistricting is constitutional.
7/10: The victory is significant because it takes the federal courts out of the political gerrymandering thicket.
6/28: Supreme Court precedent is clear that “a jurisdiction may engage in constitutional political gerrymandering” and that “political considerations are inseparable from districting and apportionment.”
6/27: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky explains why the U.S. Supreme Court made the right decision, giving lawmakers the power over gerrymandering.
6/27: Today the Supreme Court issued two major opinions with profound implications for American politics.
6/27: In a much-awaited decision, the Supreme Court held on Thursday in a 5-4 decision that partisan gerrymandering is a political question beyond the reach of the federal courts.
6/27: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Supreme Court's decision that the court system doesn't have the authority to regulate gerrymandering, and what it means moving forward.
6/23: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the major cases from redistricting to the U.S. census that will be decided by the Supreme Court this week.
6/23: ACRU Policy Board Member Hans von Spakovsky and Michael Watson explain why the courts should not be involved in states' gerrymandering debates.