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Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

Jun 30, 2015

US Supreme Court to consider challenge to AZ Redistricting Commission’s legislative map

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the lines for the state’s 30 legislative districts were illegally drawn.

Jun 29, 2015

Supreme Court upholds IRC authority over congressional districts

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled upheld the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s authority to draw congressional districts, defying expectations that it would return that power to the Legislature for the first time in more than 20 years.

Jun 17, 2015

Supreme Court could return Arizona to decades-old redistricting process

If the U.S. Supreme Court returns authority for congressional redistricting to the Legislature, lawmakers will have to become familiar again with a process they haven’t used in nearly a quarter century.

May 27, 2015

A people’s veto for the Legislature’s map?

Even if the US Supreme Court rules that the IRC lacks the authority to draw congressional districts, Dems may have a chance to hold on to the current congressional map for at least one more cycle.

Mar 9, 2015

Warning signs: Supreme Court seems to lean toward Legislature in battle over congressional lines

Veteran U.S. Supreme Court watchers saw good omens for the Legislature in its lawsuit against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission as several key justices expressed sympathy with lawmakers’ argument that the U.S. Constitution requires them to draw congressional lines.

Mar 2, 2015

In redistricting case, Supreme Court probes meaning of ‘legislature’

The United States Supreme Court set out to today determine what the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote that state legislatures shall determine the time, manner and place of federal elections.

Mar 2, 2015

All eyes on Arizona at the US Supreme Court

Former US Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represents the Legislature in Arizona Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, kicked things off today (March 2) at the US Supreme Court.

Feb 27, 2015

Supreme Court to consider future of congressional boundaries

The fate of Arizona’s commission-based process for drawing the state’s congressional districts will come down to how the U.S. Supreme Court defines the word “legislature.”

Jan 2, 2015

Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling could help Democrats and lead to more competition

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift the requirement that Arizona and other states get federal pre-approval for election law changes could lead to an era of greater competitiveness in the Grand Canyon State’s rigidly partisan legislative districts.

Dec 30, 2014

Schools, same sex marriage, ‘dreamers’ win in court

Courts in 2014 struck down Arizona laws by siding with gays, abortion providers, and illegal immigrants. Public school students also got a big win in court, but that case probably won’t be resolved any time soon.

Dec 23, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court sets date for IRC hearing

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Legislature’s lawsuit against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission on March 2.

Nov 18, 2014

Commission urges Supreme Court to preserve Arizona legislative boundaries

The fact that politics may have been involved in drawing legislative lines is no reason to declare them illegal, the attorney for the Independent Redistricting Commission is urging the U.S. Supreme Court.

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