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Supreme Court seems divided on Md.’s gerrymandering
An hour of Supreme Court arguments Wednesday shed little light on whether partisan gerrymandering can be so severe as to violate the minority party’s constitutional right to political association. But, if it can, the justices made clear Maryland’s 6th Congressional District would be the textbook case.
ACLU opposes a dozen states in Md. redistricting case
A dozen states have come out in support of Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a congressional district Republican voters say the state’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew unconstitutionally to replace a GOP House member with a Democratic one. But the American Civil Liberties Union and its Maryland and […]
Hogan urges justices to strike down 6th Congressional District
Saying political parties cannot be trusted to draw nonpartisan districts, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district the Democrat-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one. Such partisan gerrymandering intentionally dilutes the voting strength of the minority [&hell[...]
Hogan will urge Supreme Court to strike down congressional district
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday said he will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district the Democrat-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one. The decision by Hogan, a Republican, to join a brief in opposition to the 6th Congressional […]
Supreme Court will hear GOP challenge to Md. congressional district
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Maryland’s Democrat-led General Assembly unconstitutionally redrew a congressional district to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one. The justices on Friday agreed to hear the claim by a group of Maryland Republicans that the 6th Congressional District violates the First Amendment right of GOP voters to […]
Md. GOP voters urge justices to strike congressional district
The Supreme Court should strike down as unconstitutional a congressional district that Maryland’s Democratic-led General Assembly redrew to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one, a group of the state’s Republicans stated Monday in their last filing before the justices vote on whether to hear their challenge. The Republicans claim that the 6th […]
Frosh urges justices to reject GOP challenge to Md. congressional district
The Supreme Court should reject a challenge by Maryland Republicans that the Democratic-led General Assembly unconstitutionally gerrymandered a congressional district because the GOP cannot show it was redrawn to replace a Republican U.S. representative with a Democratic one, state Attorney General Brian E. Frosh stated in papers filed Tuesday with the justices. Frosh submitted the brief [&hellip[...]
Judges stay GOP challenge to Md. congressional district
A divided three judge U.S. District Court panel on Thursday stayed a Republican congressional redistricting challenge in Maryland pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s resolution of whether GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin drew legislative districts so contrary to the state’s political breakdown that they violated the constitutional rights of Democratic voters. The panel, in its 2-1 decision, […]
GOP foes of Md. congressional district seek to keep high-court option open
Republicans challenging the constitutionality of the pro-Democratic redrawing of a Maryland congressional district have told the U.S. Supreme Court their claim differs significantly from a case pending before the justices, which asks if Wisconsin’s GOP lawmakers drew legislative districts so contrary to the state’s political breakdown that they violated the rights of Democratic voters. The [&h[...]
On birthday of ‘gerrymander’ namesake, rally planned to reform redistricting
Nearly a decade before the next redistricting, a government watchdog group and some elected officials plan to rally in Annapolis Wednesday to urge a rethinking of Maryland's process, which is rife with political influence.
Van Hollen opens office in Mount Airy
MOUNT AIRY — Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen is opening an office in Carroll County. Van Hollen, a Democrat who represents Maryland’s 8th congressional district, is holding a grand opening celebration on Monday evening at his new district office in Mount Airy. Of Maryland’s eight congressional districts, Van Hollen’s district was one of the most […]
Eye Opener: O’Malley wants Gansler to review Alston’s eligibility
Some government and politics headlines for Monday.
