The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld the authority of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission to draw congressional boundaries is reverberating far beyond the confines of the Grand Canyon State.
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The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will once again take on a big-name Washington, D.C., attorney to argue its case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More »Tim Steller wrote for the Daily Star this morning that Petersen is planning legislation next year to expand the membership of the IRC to nine members from the current five, and he told our reporter today that he plans to make the ...
Read More »Arizona's highest court is refusing to put an open meeting law case related to redistricting on a fast track in the state court system.
Read More »In a motion to dismiss the legal challenge of the congressional lines, IRC attorney Mary O’Grady savaged the arguments made by Lisa Hauser and Mike Liburdi as “bogus legal claims” based on “conspiracy-theory-rooted allegations” that depends on “flawed interpretations that… would require this court to write into the constitution procedural requirements that do not exist.”
Read More »A federal judge assigned to a politically-charged Arizona redistricting case represented Republicans in a similar case a decade ago.
Read More »Arizona's most populous county is moving to participate in a federal court case to argue that it's too late to temporarily change new legislative districts in time for this year's elections.
Read More »A panel of three federal judges will hear a lawsuit challenging Arizona's map of new legislative districts.
Read More »Republican lawmakers today authorized the Legislature to file a lawsuit challenging the state redistricting commission’s authority to draw congressional and legislative maps.
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