State Roundup, August 25, 2016

REDISTRICTING SUIT CAN MOVE FORWARD: A lawsuit challenging Maryland’scontorted congressional district map on First Amendment grounds has merit and should go forward, a three-judge federal panel ruled Wednesday, Bill Turque reports in the Post.  The map, drawn by Maryland’s Democratic lawmakers following the 2010 Census, essentially ensured that seven of the state’s eight congressional seats would be under their party’s control.

 

 

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State Roundup, August 25, 2016