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The #wounded lawmaker was identified as state Sen. #JohnHoffman, also a #Democrat, was first elected in 2012. He runs Hoffman Strategic Advisors, a consulting firm. He previously served as vice chair of the Anoka Hennepin School Board, which manages the largest school district in #Minnesota.

Hoffman is married & has one daughter. #MelissaHortman was the top House Democratic leader in the state #Legislature & a fmr #House speaker. She was first elected in 2004.

#criminal#law#PoliticalViolence
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#American #Democracy Minute #Radio #News Report for June 9, 2025

A three-judge panel dismissed a case June 6th by a group of #Black #Arkansas #voters that the state #legislature racially gerrymandered Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District. It’s the state’s fourth redistricting challenge since 2021.

🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups

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#gerrymandering #racism #votersuppression

American Democracy Minute · American Democracy Minute | Radio Report & Podcast on Democracy Issues | Supreme CourtA three-judge panel dismissed a case June 6th by a group of Black Arkansas voters that the state legislature racially gerrymandered Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District. It’s the state’s fourth redistricting challenge since 2021.  
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#American #Democracy Minute Radio
We’re still #litigating racially #gerrymandered #voting maps. Today, we’re looking at a principle called the “Gingles Test” that #US #federal #courts use when determining whether a gerrymandered redistricting map is a violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. How that test is interpreted can determine if #minority #voters can elect the candidate of their choice, or their vote is diluted by an anti-voter #state #legislature
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American Democracy Minute · American Democracy Minute | Radio Report & Podcast on Democracy Issues | RedistrictingFive years into the redistricting cycle, we're still litigating racially gerrymandered voting maps. Today, we’re looking at a principle called the “Gingles Test” that federal courts use when determining whether a gerrymandered redistricting map is a violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. How that test is interpreted can determine whether minority voters can elect the candidate of their choice, or their vote is diluted by an anti-voter state legislature.
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Cosmic Librarian

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson delivers impassioned chamber speech on decorum
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman in any state legislature in the U.S., gave a lesson on decorum amid a contentious session.

She's 86, and more than a power to be reckoned with in the Texas Legislature.🔥

#Texas #legislature

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Austin American-StatesmanState Rep. Senfronia Thompson delivers impassioned chamber speech on decorumState Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman in any state legislature in the U.S., gave a lesson on decorum amid a contentious session.
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Nonilex

Federal court issues final declaration that the #Alabama #legislature's 2023 House map violates federal #law.

3 judges all originally appointed by #GOP presidents (two #Trump, one Reagan).

In 2023, the court issued a preliminary injunction barring use of that map & imposed a court-drawn map for 2024. It may remain in place for the rest of the decade, but not clear.

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#VotingRights#gerrymandering#redistricting
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Nonilex

Gregory Garre, representing the #Oklahoma AG, who sued to block the #school, replied that #CharterSchools are different.

Under #state #law, he said, charter schools “come into existence when they are approved & become part of the state, & they’re established by the #legislature.” He pointed to the OK Supreme Court decision along those lines & said “virtually every state in the country & the #Congress has understood charter schools to be.”

#SCOTUS#Constitution#ChurchAndState
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