BREAKING: Justice Ginsburg has the opinion in Evenwel. There are no dissents. #SCOTUS
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The Supreme Court rules that states may use total population in redistricting, and need not use voting population, as Evenwel sought.
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Conservatives had sought a ruling that redistricting had to include consideration of voting population. The court rejected that request.
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Ginsburg: "As history, precedent, and practice demonstrate, it is plainly permissible" to use total population for state redistricting.
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My report from the court on today's Evenwel v. Abbott decision: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-says-states-may-continue-to-use-total-populati#.poJQpYGkvZ …
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Always a smart voice to read on election law questions, here's @rickhasen on today's Evenwel ruling: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81460
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