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ADM for Oct. 7, 2022: Supreme Court Majority’s Questions Suggest it Will Uphold Alabama’s Redistricting Map Diluting the Black Vote

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
During our exploration of the Moore v. Harper case this week, a challenge to Alabama’s Congressional redistricting plan was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court. In Merrill v. Milligan, voting rights groups challenged the legislature’s Congressional maps, saying it diluted the votes of Black voters.
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ADM for Oct. 5, 2022: “Independent State Legislature” Case Cites Document that Scholars Say May be Fraudulent

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022
Yesterday, we introduced you to a landmark case in election law before the U.S. Supreme Court called Moore vs. Harper, testing the “Independent State Legislature theory. But it’s rooted in the argument of one man, Charles Pinckney, whose document even James Madison thought was sketchy.
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ADM for Oct. 4, 2022: The Moore vs. Harper “Independent State Legislature Theory” Case May Have Dramatic Consequences for American Democracy

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in what is shaping up to be a landmark case in election law, Moore vs. Harper. On its face it’s about gerrymandering in North Carolina. But its decision may reshape U.S. elections, giving state legislatures ultimate power over election law.
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ADM for Sept. 2, 2022: Who Dunnit? Arizona Voting Rights Initiative Dies a Suspicious Death

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022
Who-done-it fans, today we have the case of the invalidated signatures. A voting rights reform initiative in Arizona has come to a tragic end, with the victim apparently being killed by a judge, with a calculator, in the courtroom.
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ADM for Sept. 1, 2022: Redistricting Stalemate in Ohio Continues; Questions Raised About State Supreme Court Justice

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
We have two stories today from Ohio. We’re updating our series of stories about Ohio’s ongoing redistricting fiasco, and in a related story, the refusal of a justice on Ohio’s Supreme Court to recuse himself.
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