{"id":248,"date":"2019-03-19T18:24:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/redistricting-court-cases-update\/"},"modified":"2019-03-19T18:24:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:24:20","slug":"redistricting-court-cases-update","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/redistricting-court-cases-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Redistricting Court Cases Update"},"template":"","class_list":["post-248","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":null,"article_type":153,"authors":null,"related_issues":[62,420],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Last week<\/strong>\u00a0an important gerrymandering trial wrapped up in Ohio.\u00a0Next week<\/strong>\u00a0oral arguments in two important gerrymandering trials begin at the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are updates, and an invitation!\r\n

Ohio\u2019s Gerrymandered Congressional Map on Trial<\/h3>\r\nTestimony in wrapped up last week in\u00a0APRI v. Householder<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>the case brought by the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the ACLU of Ohio against Ohio\u2019s current gerrymandered congressional map.\u00a0U.S. Rep. Marci Kaptur<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was one of several compelling witnesses who spoke of the anti-democratic effects of the gerrymandered map. The outcome is now in the hands of\u00a0a three-judge panel<\/a>\u00a0who are due to rule within weeks.\r\n
Plaintiffs from all of Ohio\u2019s 16 U.S. House districts and other impacted parties testified to how the awkward, even humorous, current map is fulfilling its contemptible purpose \u2014 to ensure that Republicans will consistently win 12 seats, no matter what election-year momentum exists for either party. --<\/em>\u00a0J. Bennett Guess, Executive Director of the ACLU of Ohio,\u00a0Op-ed in the Akron Beacon-Journal\/Ohio.com<\/a>, 3\/16\/2019<\/blockquote>\r\nIf the panel of judges rules in favor of the League and the ACLU, new congressional maps would have to the drawn ahead of elections in 2020. However, the ruling would likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Results there might well depend on what happens in two gerrymandering cases due to begin oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26.\r\n

Redistricting Cases at the Supreme Court<\/h3>\r\nNext week oral arguments will begin in two landmark redistricting cases that have the potential to end gerrymandering for good.\u00a0Rucho v. Common Cause<\/a>\u00a0is about gerrymandering by the North Carolina General Assembly which is dominated by the GOP.\u00a0Lamone v. Benisek<\/a>\u00a0is a challenge to a Democratic gerrymander in Maryland. Here\u2019s\u00a0an article about the cases<\/a>\u00a0from New York Times (3\/18).\r\n

Join Our Rucho\u00a0Road Trip<\/a>!<\/h3>\r\nRedistricting Reformers from Ohio and around the country are heading to DC to be on the steps of the Supreme Court for\u00a0Rucho<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Lamone<\/em>. We\u2019d love you to join us! We have a minivan leaving Columbus early Monday, 3\/25. Other drivers are very welcome to carpool with us. If you are interested in joining us or have questions, reply to this email, call Mia at (765) 409-4779.\r\n\r\nWe have activities planned for Monday and Tuesday, 3\/25-26, including lobbying for\u00a0HR1<\/a>, and hearing from members of Congress about current efforts to end gerrymandering and strengthen democracy. 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