Congressional redistricting: Supreme Court appoints 'special master'

Congressional redistricting: Supreme Court appoints 'special master'
- January 3, 2012
- Bernard Grofman, political science professor and Center for the Study of Democracy director, is featured in the Bridgeport News, CT News Junkie, The Hour, Litchfield County Times, and Republican American January 3, 2012
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From the Bridgeport News:
With politicians stuck on a partisan tug of war over Bridgeport and New Britain, the
redrawing of Connecticut's congressional districts - constitutionally mandated to
follow each federal census - has fallen to the Connecticut Supreme Court to resolve.
On Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, the court appointed Professor Nathaniel Persily as the "special
master" who will assist the court in resolving the redistricting issue. He is the
Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Political Science at Columbia University
Law School. Professor Persily is one of the two people - the other is Professor Bernard
Grofman from the University of California, Irvine - that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and
legislative leaders from both parties agreed could serve in such a capacity.
For the full story, please visit http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/thebridgeportnews/news/localnews/11....
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