TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... i
TABLE OF CITATIONS ........................................................................................ iv
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT TO ASSIST THE READER ............................. viii
STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS ..........................................................1
Summary of Procedural History ......................................................................1
The Unabashedly Partisan 2002 Redistricting Process ...................................5
Legislative Opposition to the FairDistricts Amendments ...............................6
The Appearance of an Open and Transparent Public Process ........................7
Collusion with Partisan Operatives to Subvert the Open Process ...................8
The Legislature’s Map-Approval Process .....................................................12
Continued Involvement of Operatives...........................................................15
Non-Public Meetings to Finalize the 2012 Congressional Plan ....................20
Enactment of the 2012 Congressional Plan ...................................................23
The Legislature’s Destruction of Redistricting Records ...............................25
Pre-Trial Proceedings ....................................................................................26
The Trial Court’s Invalidation of the 2012 Congressional Plan. ..................28
The Special Session to Enact a Revised Plan ................................................30
The Revised Plan’s Minimal Changes to the 2012 Congressional Plan .......32
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ...............................................................................33
ARGUMENT ...........................................................................................................35
I.
The Applicable Legal Standards. ........................................................37
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Appellate Standard of Review ..................................................37
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