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Politicizing Lawsuits for Electoral Gain

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, January 11 2012

Question: When is a lawsuit also a campaign tool? Answer: Whenever losing enrages a voting bloc and winning rewards them at the ballot box. On Monday, the Obama Administration participated in oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Perry v. Perez, a lawsuit over a Texas redistricting map that has been litigated and appealed but never held to be illegal in any way. When the 2010 Census revealed that Texas had gained enough new population to justify four new seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the state legislature, controlled by the GOP, drew a map that made all four…

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"The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived an Illinois Congress member's lawsuit over a state mail-in ballot law, paving the way for political candidates nationwide to challenge election laws more easily in their states.The justices ruled 7-2 that Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) has the legal right to sue Illinois over its ability to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, a practice targeted by President…[more]

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