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Sunday, February 5, 2012

“Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.”

Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Upper Macungie woman’s map made the redistricting difference; Amanda Holt’s work on map of state voting districts pivotal in court’s decision”: This article appeared yesterday in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

And today in The Harrisburg Patriot-News, Heather Long has an essay entitled “Convincing a court to rethink redistricting” that begins, “Amanda Holt is Pennsylvania’s Erin Brockovich, albeit with a more conservative wardrobe and less swearing. The 29-year-old from Allentown almost single-handedly convinced the state Supreme Court to do what it has never done before: Reject the redistricting maps.”

Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman