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45 Sua Sponte 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/suapont45 and id is 1 raw text is: PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING: BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN LAW AND POLITICS Elizabeth M. Brama,T Lauren E. Pockl,TT and Samuel LouwagieTTT I. IN TROD UCTION ........................................................................ 2 II. THE JUDICIARY'S ROLE IN POLITICAL CASES AND C ONTROVERSIES ...................................................................... 6 A . R ole of the Judiciary .................................................................................7 B . P olitical Q uestion.......................................................................................9 C. Judicial Involvement in Other Highly-Politicized Matters... 13 III. THE EVOLUTION OF JUDICIAL INVOLVEMENT IN REDISTRICTING ......................................................................... 19 A. Primacy of the Legislature in Redistricting ...............................20 B. Redistricting as an Important Equal Protection Concern, w ith Practical Im pacts.........................................................................20 C. Thresholds for Review oflusticiable Redistricting Cases.....23 1. A party must have standing to contest a redistricting m ap ................................................................................................. . 2 3 2. Established standards for assessing population and racial gerrym andering.................................................................24 a. Court-drawn redistricting maps.............................25 b. Judicial review of legislature-drawn maps.........32 3. Partisan gerrymandering cases present unique ch a lleng es ...........................................................................................3 4 IV. TOWARD A STANDARD FOR ASSESSING UNDUE POLITICAL MANIPULATION IN REDISTRICTING......................................... 41 A. Legislative Solutions: Nonpartisan Redistricting C om m issio ns .............................................................................................4 1 B. Judicial Solutions: Appropriate Standards and Steps in the P olitical Thicket ......................................................................................44 Elizabeth M. Brama, J.D., Vice President; Director; Shareholder, Briggs and Morgan, P.A. Elizabeth M. Brama was Legal Counsel for the 2001-2002 Minnesota Special Redistricting Counsel. T Lauren E. Pockl, J.D., Associate, Briggs and Morgan, P.A. T Samuel Louwagie, J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2019. 1

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