The Supreme Court is empty days before the justices vote to on the U.S. gerrymandering case. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not unconstitutional. The majority ruled that gerrymandering is outside […] Read more »
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering
In a landmark 5-4 decision issued by Chief Justice John Roberts and the conservative majority, the Supreme Court has rejected challenges to a GOP-drawn map in North Carolina and a Democratic-drawn map in Maryland. In doing so, the Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is non-justiciable: in other words, maps […] Read more »
Gender Gap Closes When Everyone’s on the Ballot, Study Shows
Since Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress in 1916, the numbers game for women in elected office has been marked by largely glacial progress. But a new report lays out the extent to which women and people of color have gained ground in elections around the country […] Read more »
How many ways is Michigan in play in 2020?
Michigan is surprisingly relevant in 2020. The Democratic presidential nominee almost certainly has to carry the state next year to have any chance of denying President Donald Trump a second term. And Republicans are eyeing the seat of first-term Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. … Last year was a banner year […] Read more »
McConnell’s blockade of House legislation is about to face its toughest test
In the struggle between Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Democratic-controlled House, the immovable object may finally have met an irresistible force. McConnell has been the immovable object: He’s frustrated House Democrats by systematically blocking Senate votes so far on the lengthening list of bills they have passed, […] Read more »
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Dems want candidates to talk about beating Trump, not impeachment
Impeachment may be the talk in Washington, but by more than 2 to 1, Democrats in states expected to hold early nominating contests want their party’s candidates to talk about defeating President Trump in 2020 (69%) — not trying to impeaching him now (31%). CONT. Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News Read more »