by Gracie Beasley | Dec 1, 2021 | University of Georgia
What is it? Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing the boundary of an electoral district strategically so that it benefits one political party over another. Gerrymandering was coined after Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts in 1812 when he put a law into...
by Mikaela Linder | Oct 24, 2021 | Suffolk University
Recently, I attended a hearing held by the Massachusetts legislature’s Special Joint Committee on Redistricting where the newly drawn legislative districts were unveiled. Massachusetts, the birthplace of gerrymandering, has a sensitive history with the redistricting...
by James M | Apr 6, 2021 | Rollins College
To what lengths should one go to preserve the soul of their nation? As discussed by Russell Berman, the Democrats have an opportunity to protect their majority in the House of Representatives before the 2022 midterm elections. After their decade-long campaigning...
by Timmy Lee | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
On June 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court gave its ruling on two significant cases called Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. The reason why I am linking these two Supreme Court cases together is that they share two similarities: they revolve around the issue of...
by Patrick Connor | Oct 22, 2020 | Brown University
One month before Election Day, Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued two executive orders altering the newfound role of Texas as a swing state in the 2020 federal elections. First, he restricted mail-in ballot drop off locations to one per each of the 254 counties in...
