この訴訟の核心は、議員が選挙区を再画定する際に人種をどの程度考慮することが許されるのかという点にありました。Breaking News USのメール配信に登録して、ニュースレターのアラートを受信してください。米最高裁は、投票権に関する画期的な訴訟において、ルイジアナ州が連邦下院の選挙区図を再画定しなければならないとの判決を下しました。「Louisiana v Callais」訴訟の核心は、黒人有権者が適切に代表されるよう選挙区を再画定する際、議員が人種をどの程度考慮することが許されるのかという困難な問題でした。最高裁は当初、昨年3月に口頭弁論を行いましたが、昨年秋に弁護士に再弁論を求めるという異例の措置をとりました。再弁論の設定に際し、判事たちは Voting Rights Act 第2条が合憲であるかどうかに焦点を当てるよう求め、訴訟の重要性を高めました。続きを読む...
The case is part of a national redistricting fight with high stakes for the November midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxVirginia supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes for the balance of power in the US House.The new districts, which could net Democrats four additional seats, won narrow voter approval last week. But a Republican legal challenge contends the general assembly violated procedural rules by placing the constitutional amendment before voters to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. If the court agrees that lawmakers broke the rules, it could invalidate the amendment and render last week’s statewide vote meaningless. Continue reading...
Proposal from Ron DeSantis would net Republicans up to four additional US House seats ahead of midterm electionsRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections.The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a special session of Florida’s legislature called by DeSantis beginning Tuesday, is the latest, and possibly final, act of a nationwide “gerrymandering” battle for control of Congress sparked by Donald Trump that looks increasingly to be moving back in Republicans’ favor. Continue reading...