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South Carolina Supreme Court
Jul 2024
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League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
This case involves a state constitutional challenge to South Carolina’s 2022 congressional redistricting plan, which legislators admit was drawn to entrench a 6-1 Republican majority in the state’s federal delegation. Plaintiff the League of Women Voters of South Carolina has asked the state’s Supreme Court to conclude that the congressional map is an unlawful partisan gerrymander that violates the state constitution.
Status: Ongoing
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Mississippi
Jul 2024
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Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP v. State Board of Election Commissioners
Mississippi has a growing Black population, which is already the largest Black population percentage of any state in the country. Yet. Black Mississippians continue to be significantly under-represented in the state legislature, as Mississippi’s latest districting maps fail to reflect the reality of the state’s changing demographics. During the 2022 redistricting process, the Mississippi legislature refused to create any new districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred representative. The current district lines therefore dilute the voting power of Black Mississippians and continue to deprive them of political representation that is responsive to their needs and concerns, including severe disparities in education and healthcare.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
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Allen v. Milligan
Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and trial will occur in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade.
Status: Ongoing
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26 Gerrymandering Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2018
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Benisek v. Lamone
Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Benisek v. Lamone
Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
Jan 2018
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
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Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
Sep 2017
Status: Ongoing
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Rhode Island
Sep 2016
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Davidson v. City of Cranston
Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ACLU of Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Rhode Island
Gerrymandering
Davidson v. City of Cranston
Cranston, Rhode Island residents joined the ACLU of Rhode Island to sue the City of Cranston, charging that the 2012 redistricting plan for the City Council and School Committee violates the one person, one vote principle of the U.S. Constitution by counting incarcerated people in their prison location as if they were all residents of Cranston.
Sep 2016
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2015
![Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.](https://www.aclu.dev/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.](https://www.aclu.dev/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Whether an independent redistricting commission created by Arizona voters through the initiative process is constitutional.
Jan 2015
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 1996
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Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Gerrymandering
Abrams et al. v. Johnson et al.
Oct 1996
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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