Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

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U.S. Supreme Court case court case landmark election law case

Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of using an independent commission, rather than the state legislature, to draw congressional district boundaries.

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Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ court case ⓘ landmark election law case ⓘ
affects	state power over federal elections ⓘ use of direct democracy in election law ⓘ
argumentDate	2015-03-02 ⓘ
category	2015 in United States case law ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases NERFINISHED ⓘ United States elections case law ⓘ
citation	135 S. Ct. 2652 ⓘ 192 L. Ed. 2d 704 ⓘ 576 U.S. 787 ⓘ
concerns	congressional district boundaries in Arizona ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article I Section 4 Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2015-06-29 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	John G. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
docketNumber	13-1314 ⓘ
holding	States may use independent commissions created by voter initiative to draw congressional districts. ⓘ The term "Legislature" in the Elections Clause encompasses the lawmaking processes of the state, including voter initiatives. ⓘ
joinedDissent	Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Elena Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional redistricting ⓘ state initiative power ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedFrom	State of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
petitioner	Arizona State Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedentFor	use of independent commissions for congressional redistricting in other states ⓘ
proceduralPosture	appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona ⓘ
relatedCase	Rucho v. Common Cause NERFINISHED ⓘ Vieth v. Jubelirer NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Arizona Proposition 106 (2000) NERFINISHED ⓘ
respondent	Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Arizona Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ
termOfCourt	October Term 2014 ⓘ
topic	gerrymandering ⓘ independent redistricting commissions ⓘ
voteDissent	4 ⓘ
voteMajority	5 ⓘ

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Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution → citedInCase → Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission ⓘ