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Feb 2, 2024 · Their ruling, which is currently under appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, says the maps dilute Black voting power in 13 Detroit area legislative districts and those districts must be redrawn.
Jan 22, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request Monday from Michigan's redistricting commission to temporarily suspend a lower court order barring use of the current state legislative maps in future...
- Clara Hendrickson
- Politics Reporter
Jan 11, 2024 · The commission asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh to pause an order issued last month by a three-judge federal panel blocking the use of the Detroit-area maps in future Michigan state House and...
Dec 21, 2023 · A federal court ruled Thursday that more than a dozen Michigan state House and Senate districts around metro Detroit violate the U.S. Constitution. The boundaries in question generally split the majority-Black City of Detroit into districts shared with its whiter suburbs.
Dec 21, 2023 · DETROIT (AP) — The boundaries of 13 Detroit-area seats in the Michigan Legislature must be redrawn, a three-judge panel said Thursday after finding the map was illegally influenced by race....
Jan 23, 2024 · Updated 6:00 PM PDT, January 22, 2024. LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from Michigan’s redistricting commission to overrule an order to redraw 13 Detroit-area seats in the Legislature, a decision that will likely make the legislative maps more competitive.
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Mar 27, 2024 · New boundaries for Detroit-area seats in the Legislature were approved Wednesday, March 27, 2024, by a three-judge panel that had previously ordered them redrawn after finding the old map was illegally influenced by race.
