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  • Court rules Michigan needs new congressional maps in partisan gerrymandering case

    04/25/2019 4:15:17 PM PDT · by Coronal · 37 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | April 25, 2019 | Zachary Halaschak
    A panel of three federal judges in Michigan ruled Thursday that the state’s legislature unfairly drew up state and congressional districts and must come up with new boundaries. The lawsuit was filed by the League of Women Voters of Michigan and alleged that Republicans in the state legislature had purposely drawn up districts that disadvantage Democratic candidates. The three judges said in their ruling that 27 of the 34 challenged districts violated the plaintiffs’ First and 14th Amendment rights “by diluting the weight of their votes.” The judges also found every one of the districts challenged violated the plaintiffs’ First...