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Category: Courts

New Mexico Redistricting Case One of the First to Employ a Partisan Gerrymandering Test Proposed by U.S. Supreme Court’s Justice Kagan

August 28, 2023December 30, 2023
An unusual New Mexico redistricting case reaches a state district court next month. Unusual in that it’s Republicans claiming that Democrats did the partisan gerrymandering, but also that it will be one of the first cases to employ a partisan gerrymandering test suggested by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
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How Did Presidential Pardons Evolve, and What Are Their Limitations?

August 24, 2023December 30, 2023
In the first 2024 GOP primary debate, Vivek Ramaswamy reiterated his campaign pledge to pardon former President Trump. How did Presidential pardons evolve, and what are their limitations?
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Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi Constitutional Provision With Racist History Keeping 11% of Its Population from Voting

August 20, 2023December 30, 2023
Mississippi has the highest percentage of voting-age citizens who are not able to vote due to past felony convictions. In early August, a federal court struck down the responsible Jim Crow provision in Mississippi’s constitution, citing “cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Developments in the Fight for Fair Voting District Maps in Alabama, Florida and Wisconsin

August 16, 2023December 30, 2023
While we’ve been busy reading indictments, there have been three developments in the last week which may impact gerrymandered Congressional maps in Alabama, Florida and Wisconsin.
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Dismissed: The Recent Arizona Election Denier Court Cases Which Crashed and Burned

August 6, 2023December 30, 2023
Notable court cases brought by Arizona election deniers during and after the 2022 midterms have had decisions in the last few weeks. It didn’t go well for the election deniers.
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