The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Gill v. Whitford on June 18, 2018.

The Supreme Court in Virginia issued a decision upholding the eleven state legislative districts that were challenged as being in violation of the state constitution and prioritizing partisan criteria. Partisan gerrymandering is a threat to effective democracy and increasingly problematic.

On March 19, 2018, the Supreme Court denied an application by the state to stay the ruling.

This is a court opinion for the Fifth Circuit in Patino et al. v. City of Pasadena. Under the settlement, Pasadena will drop its appeal to the Fifth Circuit and pay $1,097,341 in attorney’s fees and costs. This leaves in place the district court’s injunction requiring Pasadena to use its 8-0 redistricting plan for the remainder of the decade, as well as the district court’s bail-in order placing Pasadena under section 5 preclearance until June 30, 2023.   

The Supreme Court ordered a stay in Gill v. Whitford.

U.S. Supreme Court affirms North Carolina’s 2011 Congressional maps are an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The Florida Supreme Court orders that boundaries of eight of the state’s congressional districts be redrawn. The 5-2 ruling found the map in violation of the Florida State Constitution which was amended by Florida voters in 2010 to prohibit partisan gerrymanders.  

Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the court, in which Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined. Roberts filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, Thomas, and Alito joined. Scalia filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas  joined. Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia joined. The judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona is affirmed.

Supreme Court decision. The judgment of the Supreme Court of North Carolina is affirmed.

The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously held in Evenwel v. Abbott that all people count for the purpose of drawing voting districts, not just eligible voters.