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Missouri high court hears arguments in Senate redistricting suit

Missouri’s high court will decide Thursday whether to force changes to the state’s Senate districts in a case in which the Republican majority is divided over how new voter-approved redistricting standards should be applied. I made an argument. A lawsuit filed by voters alleges that the Senate district in suburban St. Louis and western Missouri’s […]

US Supreme Court denies Michigan redistricting commission’s appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the Michigan Redistricting Commission's request to invalidate its order reapportioning 13 Detroit-area seats in Congress. The commission challenged a December ruling by a federal appeals court panel that found Michigan's 2021 congressional map was illegally racially influenced. The commission ordered seven state House districts to be redrawn for the […]

Vos threatens to take Wisconsin redistricting case to Supreme Court

Wisconsin Republican Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday denounced Democratic proposals to redraw congressional maps as “political gerrymandering” and threatened to appeal the controversial redistricting case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The submitted map is currently being revised by the liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court. “My hope is that the court, based on a fair interpretation, will […]