Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates September 2019 No. 6 Vol. 22
League of Women Voters of North Carolina et al., Appellees

Political Gerrymandering

Judicial Review of Partisan Redistricting

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League of Women Voters of North Carolina et al., Appellees

Paul M. Smith, Counsel of Record

In September 2016, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and a group of voters in the State filed a lawsuit asserting that the State’s congressional district map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The Federal district court subsequently consolidated their case with the earlier one filed by Common Cause. Paul M. Smith is vice-president of litigation and strategy for the Campaign Legal Center, where he works on voting-rights law. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Appellees as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4, 2019. The League of Women Voters of North Carolina submits…

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