A panel of federal judges in Michigan struck down 27 congressional and state districts as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, in a challenge brought by the League of Women Voters of Michigan and several individual voters
The court held the plans violated the plaintiff's 14th Amendment equal protection rights and the First Amendment. The suit was brought against Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic Michigan secretary of state. "Today, this Court joins the growing chorus of federal courts that have, in recent years, held that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional," the panel of three judges held.
Read MoreHe said that the Michigan court based its ruling both on an equal protection and First Amendment theory,"the two main theories the Supreme Court is considering in the pending partisan gerrymandering cases out of North Carolina and Maryland."The redistricting plans in Michigan affected by the ruling include those for nine congressional districts, seven state Senate districts, and 11 state House districts.
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