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Movement to Establish Citizen-Led Redistricting Commissions in the States

Updated
February 12, 2019
Status
Active
Issues
Redistricting

The issue of gerrymandering has received unprecedented attention recently. Independent redistricting commissions (IRCs) are state-based solutions that change the system of drawing electoral maps to a more open process that is reflective of citizen voices. This helps make politicians more accountable...

The Fight for Fair Maps is Not Over

June 27, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

The Supreme Court ruled that courts may not intervene to block partisan elections. While this is a disappointing decision, the fight is not over. 

It Is Time for D.C. to Have a Vote in Congress and Become the 51st State

June 3, 2019
Issues
Voting Rights
Redistricting

Residents of Washington D.C. have been denied a voice in Congress for 218 years. CLC recently endorsed legislation to make the District the 51st state. 

The U.S. Supreme Court Should Stop Census Citizenship Question

April 3, 2019
Case
CLC v. DOJ (Census FOIA)
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting

On April 23, the United States Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’s decision to ask every household in the country about the citizenship status of its members during the 2020 Census.

Voters Are Ready for the Supreme Court to Strike Down Gerrymandering

March 25, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek
Issues
Redistricting

Voters nationwide are ready for a ruling that will put the voters and not lawmakers first.

Senate Should Take Up Landmark Democracy Bill, For the People Act

March 14, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Redistricting
Voting Rights

CLC strongly supports HR 1 and the comprehensive effort to make our democracy more accessible, transparent and responsive to the citizens of our great nation.

New Video Highlights the Fight Against Gerrymandering in North Carolina

March 7, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

In our democracy, every voice should be heard, and every vote should count equally. But in North Carolina and other states across the country, politicians are choosing their voters instead of the other way around.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges

January 4, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Lamone v. Benisek
Issues
Redistricting

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hear arguments in a challenge to North Carolina’s 2016 congressional map.

Watch CLC’s Paul Smith Interview on Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court

January 4, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

Paul Smith, CLC, vice president, litigation & strategy, was on Facebook Live discussing what’s at stake in our partisan gerrymandering case. 

Landmark Democracy Bill Would Protect Every Voter’s Voice in the Political Process and Restore Trust in Government

January 4, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Voting Rights
Redistricting

On January 3, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced HR 1, a bill to make vital, high-priority improvements to our government and election systems

Trump Executive Order on Census Would Create Moment of Truth for Rule of Law

Date
July 11, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
By defying a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Trump ignores a long tradition of U.S. presidents obeying court decisions.

Supreme Court Affirms Finding that Trump Administration's 2020 Citizenship Question Cannot be Justified by False Rationale

Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
Voting Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision finding that Secretary Ross lied about his reasons for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The quality of the census has been protected from the hasty addition of a politically-motivated question. It is of the utmost importance that the census...

The U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Intervene, Leaves Gerrymandered Maps in Place

Date
June 27, 2019
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting
While we are disappointed that North Carolina voters will continue to vote in districts that were shown at trial to be severely biased, the fight is far from over. We must redouble our efforts outside the courtroom to keep advancing efforts that put the voices of voters first.

Lamone v. Benisek

Updated
February 12, 2019
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting

Residents from the state of Maryland have brought a partisan gerrymandering challenge claiming their First Amendment rights were violated and they were discriminated against because of their political party affiliations when the state drastically redrew the sixth congressional district to unseat the...

Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina

Updated
March 22, 2019
Status
Closed
Issues
Redistricting

The Campaign Legal Center is part of a litigation team representing the League of Women Voters of North Carolina as well as numerous individual voters who have challenged the state’s congressional district maps as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

Why I Want the Supreme Court to Finally Put an End to Gerrymandering

December 3, 2018
Case
Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
Issues
Redistricting

The Supreme Court has a chance to finally declare that voters come first.

Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments in Case On Administration Decision to Add 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Date
February 15, 2019
Case
Promoting a Fair Census for All, Regardless of Citizenship Status
Issues
Redistricting
It is critical that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the district court’s sound decision to stop this rash and politically motivated citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census.

HISTORIC DECISION: Wisconsin Federal Court Strikes Down Partisan Gerrymander

Date
November 21, 2016
Case
Gill v. Whitford
Issues
Redistricting

Litigators and Lead Plaintiff React to Decision

WASHINGTON – A three-judge panel in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin today struck down Wisconsin’s state assembly district map, which is one of the most extreme partisan gerrymanders in the United States in the post...

Call Recording - CLC 2018 Midterms Round-up: A New State of Democracy

November 29, 2018
Issues
Campaign Finance
Voting Rights
Redistricting

On November 29, 2018, we hosted “CLC 2018 Midterms Round-up: A New State of Democracy."

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