[EL] Sup Ct upholds MD prison gerrymandering reform

[Brent Ferguson]

Did you see this?  Not sure if the New York law was part of the same case
or not, but from what I remember they are essentially the same law.

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Brenda Wright <bwright at demos.org> wrote:

> While all eyes are on Arizona and Montana, there’s an under-the-radar
> decision today on redistricting – a summary affirmance in Fletcher v.
> Lamone, No. 11-1178.  This affirms a three-judge federal court decision
> upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s “No Representation Without
> Population Act,” enacted in 2010 to require that incarcerated people be
> counted as residents of their pre-prison home addresses for redistricting
> purposes.  This is a big win for the long-running campaign to end
> prison-based gerrymandering.  A joint Demos/Prison Policy Initiative press
> release is available here<http://www.demos.org/press-release/supreme-court-upholds-maryland-law-ending-prison-based-gerrymandering-huge-victory-fai>.
> The lower court decision is available here<http://www.demos.org/publication/opinion-fletcher-v-lamone>.
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