By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Capitol Times
U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s right to draw congressional boundaries opened the door for a second, long-dormant challenge to the districts to move forward.
A 2012 lawsuit alleging that, among other things, that the commission violated criteria in the Arizona Constitution for the drawing of congressional lines had moved at a glacial pace since it was filed. At the request of both sides, the judge temporarily halted the case in October while they awaited the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court case. If the high court had ruled in favor of the Legislature, the lines would have been redrawn and the case would have been rendered moot.
