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Legislature of the State of California v. Padilla Amicus Letters

California Litigation

Legislature of the State of California v. Padilla Amicus Letters

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we submitted amicus letters in support of extending the deadlines for submission of new district maps by the state’s independent redistricting commission.
People Not Politicians Oregon v. Clarno

Litigation

People Not Politicians Oregon v. Clarno

The People Not Politicians Oregon coalition sued Oregon’s secretary of state to ensure that all of the signatures gathered to qualify its redistricting reform initiative for the November 2020 ballot will count.
Common Cause v. Lewis

North Carolina Litigation

Common Cause v. Lewis

Common Cause successfully challenged North Carolina’s state legislative map. After some of the map was struck down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in 2017, leaders in the legislature announced they would redraw districts on partisan grounds. On September 3, 2019, a three-judge trial court struck down the districts as a violation of the North Carolina Constitution.
Lamone v. Benisek Amicus Brief

Maryland Litigation

Lamone v. Benisek Amicus Brief

In a case originally brought by a Common Cause Maryland member, Steve Shapiro, plaintiffs argue that Maryland’s congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. Following the 2010 census, the Democratic governor and Democrats in the legislature successfully conspired to draw districts that would ensure the defeat of one of the state’s two Republican members of Congress.

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