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Recent Examples of reapportionment
Last year, the Brennan Center for Justice predicted that the state was on track to lose four more congressional districts in reapportionment in 2030, leaving California with just 48 House seats.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, said Friday the Census Bureau’s new estimates indicated there might be a slightly less dramatic 2030 reapportionment across the nation.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Utah Congressional District 4 Utah’s 4th congressional district first appeared after the 2010 Census reapportionment.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This reapportionment process produced results that slightly favor Trump.
—Alauna Safarpour, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, said Friday the Census Bureau’s new estimates indicated there might be a slightly less dramatic 2030 reapportionment across the nation.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Utah Congressional District 4 Utah’s 4th congressional district first appeared after the 2010 Census reapportionment.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
This reapportionment process produced results that slightly favor Trump.
—Alauna Safarpour, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportionment
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The judge also said voters have legal standing to sue to have their votes be counted and given equal weight, like when a voter in a district that has a disproportionately large population has standing to challenge the apportionment.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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To some, the IRS’s willingness to let Coca-Cola compute its U.S. tax liability using a permissive apportionment method like the 10-50-50 formula for two decades might sound like a good thing.—
Ryan Finley,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The ongoing instability of the power grid has also led to protests, with many criticizing LUMA, which took over power transmission and distribution in 2021.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Aid workers deny there is significant diversion of aid, saying the U.N. closely monitors distribution of supplies.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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That could generate $1.6 trillion of new demand for Treasury bills – securities maturing in a year or less — which issuers of stablecoins would buy for their reserves and would absorb all new bill issuance planned for President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Kendrick.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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In April 2024, long before Trump’s election to a second term, the Harvard Law Review argued for ways to stop judge-shopping as a means to reduce the issuance of nationwide injunctions rather than banning them altogether.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Reapportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportionment. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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