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- Title
PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING AND THE SHOW ME STATE: APPLYING THE STANDARD IN WHITFORD V. GILL TO THE CONTEXT OF MISSOURI'S STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
- Authors
Findley, Joseph
- Abstract
The article focuses on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Gill v. Whitford challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's gerrymandering plan. It mentions how political parties design districts to maximize their advantage, and the judicial history leading up to the Gill case. It also mentions U.S. Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims were justiciable under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause in Davis v. Bandemer.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GERRYMANDERING laws; GERRYMANDERING lawsuits; POLITICAL parties; UNITED States. Constitution. 14th Amendment; DUE process of law; EQUAL rights
- Publication
UMKC Law Review, 2019, Vol 88, Issue 1, p181
- ISSN
0047-7575
- Publication type
Article