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Communities of Interest in Congressional Districts

Robert Timothy Reagan
October 25, 2023

Kansas v. Thornburgh (Julie A. Robinson, Deanell Reece Tacha, and J. Thomas Marten, D. Kan. 5:02-cv-4087)
Two months before primary elections, a state’s attorney general filed a federal complaint challenging congressional district lines. Approximately one month later, a three-judge district court ruled that intervening plaintiffs had not shown an unconstitutional splitting of communities of interest. The attorney general was dismissed for lack of standing.
Subject: District lines. Topics: Malapportionment; intervention; three-judge court.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Intervention | Malapportionment | Three-judge Court | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | D. Kan.