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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on January 21, 2014, 06:43:52 pm
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http://www.myfoxla.com/story/24506338/supreme-court-upholds-hawaii-reapportionment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has upheld Hawaii's reapportionment plan that leaves out some military personnel and students when calculating population and determining state legislative districts.
The justices affirmed a lower court ruling without comment Tuesday.
Voters challenging the reapportionment plan said it wrongfully excluded more than 108,000 military members, their families and university students. But a three-judge court in Hawaii found that the plan did not violate the Constitution's right to equal protection.
The case is Kostick v. Nago, 13-456.