Supreme Court takes no action today on case that tees up decision on partisan gerrymandering https://t.co/COFcv1L362

— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) June 12, 2017

Voters are the conscience of our democracy. Partisan gerrymandering is competitive exclusion of their voice. Gerrymandering needs to end.

— Juanita (@jatinau__jb) June 12, 2017

On the docket? Supreme Court could tackle partisan gerrymandering in watershed case https://t.co/10K1zZLMXg

— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) June 11, 2017

From Ballotpedia's Daily Brew Newsletter:

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday in Cooper v. Harris, an appeal from a three-judge panel ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. In an opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court that North Carolina’s General Assembly used race as a predominant criterion when drawing the state’s 1st and 12th congressional district boundaries, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Rights Act. 

from The Henry J Kaiser Foundation

May 4, 2017

Compare Proposals to Replace The Affordable Care Act

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• The American Health Care Act, introduced by the House Republican leadership, March 6, 2017, with amendments as of May 3, 2017 (PDF)
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Gov John Kasich talks about gerrymandering


April 27, 2017
Business Insider interview by Allan Smith

Gerrymander case to U.S. Supreme Court

From: Brennan Center For Justice
Redistricting Round-Up Featured News

The State of Wisconsin is seeking Supreme Court review of a three-judge panel’s November ruling that its 2011 state assembly map was an
unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. 

by David Daley

Rat F**ked The True Story Behind the Secret Plan To Steal America's Democracy




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This link to C-Span.Org Senate Hearing on Russian Influence in our 2016 Presidential election.

contains video and transcript of Part 1 of the hearing.

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing 

On Russian Influence On Democratic Elections

Russian and 2016 Elections, Part 1 The Senate Intelligence Committee heard testimony from witnesses on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its capabilities to influence elections in other Western democracies. 

Roy Godson, Eugene Rumer, Clinton Watts

Clinton Watts, a former FBI special agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, detailed how he was hacked by Russia and how Russia was able to interfere in the 2016 elections through various online mechanisms. Other experts who testified cited other instances of Russian interference in democratic elections.

Will Obama be the hero this issue needs?

Obama is gearing up to throw himself into the wonky and highly partisan issue of redistricting, with the goal of reversing the electoral declines Democrats experienced under his watch.