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U.S. Supreme Court divided on partisan electoral maps
3:46pm, 26th March, 2019
Politics

U.S. Supreme Court divided on partisan electoral maps

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided along ideological lines again on whether the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power may violate the constitutional rights of voters, with Ju...
U.S. Supreme Court justices divided on partisan electoral maps
2:34pm, 26th March, 2019
US

U.S. Supreme Court justices divided on partisan electoral maps

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward letting the judiciary curb the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power, as the court appeared divided largely alo...
Some states taking electoral maps out of politicians' hands
10:00am, 7th June, 2018
US

Some states taking electoral maps out of politicians' hands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the contentious practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral maps designed to entrench their own party in power, but states in gro...