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Three-Judge Court Must Be Convened In Constitutional Challenges to Redistricting Maps (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Dec. 21, 2015
Report Number 3JUDGE
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

On November 4, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving an important procedural issue in redistricting litigation. Shapiro v. McManus presents the question of how much discretion does a single federal district court judge have to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a redistricting plan without referring it to a three-judge panel. Depending on the Court'€™s ruling, this case could increase the number of constitutional challenges to redistricting plans that are considered by the Supreme Court. A decision is expected by June 2016.