League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature
The Election Law Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Charles Fried to the Supreme Court of Utah in support of Plaintiffs. The brief explains that Utah’s Constitution contains provisions distinct from the federal Constitution, in particular, it includes the Free Elections and Uniform Operation of Laws Clauses. The original meaning of these constitutional protections and this Court’s own precedent compels the conclusion that partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable under Utah’s Constitution.
The Election Law Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of Professor Charles Fried to the Supreme Court of Utah in support of Plaintiffs. The brief explains that Utah’s Constitution contains provisions distinct from the federal Constitution, in particular, it includes the Free Elections and Uniform Operation of Laws Clauses. The original meaning of these constitutional protections and this Court’s own precedent compels the conclusion that partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable under Utah’s Constitution.
Borja v. Nago
The brief, filed by the Election Law Clinic and Campaign Legal Center to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, explains that the district court erred by applying the wrong legal standard.
The brief, filed by the Election Law Clinic and Campaign Legal Center to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, explains that the district court erred by applying the wrong legal standard.
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Portugal v. Franklin County
In conjunction with Civil Rights and Justice Clinic University of Washington School of Law, ELC filed a brief of Law School Clinics focused on Civil Rights as Amici Curiae.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity v. Raffensperger
The Election Law Clinic, along with Fair Districts GA, filed a friends of the court brief in support of Plaintiffs in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity v. Raffensperger to demonstrate that it is not hard to draw Georgia districts that respect the legislature’s discretionary choices while complying with the Voting Rights Act.
Harper v. Hall and NCLCV v. Hall
The Election Law Clinic, along with local counsel Poyner Spruill LLP, today filed a friend of the court brief (amicus brief) on behalf of Professor Charles Fried, the Beneficial Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. The brief asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to find partisan gerrymandering justiciable under the state’s Constitution.
Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
The Wisconsin Legislature and its allies have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to redraw the State’s map in a way that would solidify the State’s 2011 partisan gerrymander for the next decade. ELC is representing five plaintiffs from Gill v. Whitford as amici curiae who want to ensure that the Wisconsin Supreme Court does not perpetuate the gerrymander under the guise of a “least-change” approach.