district
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Otherwise, to challenge it, you’d literally need to bring lawsuits in all 96 federal district courts.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
In addition to proportioning congressional seats, census results are also used to distribute federal funds and within each state to redraw congressional, legislative and local election district lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The fire started near a school in the Bagira district on the city's northern outskirts early on Thursday "while the children were in the middle of class", local leader Patrice Buduge told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
News of the fire prompted Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park to leave a committee meeting early to make her way to the fire, which is in her district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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Already, some school districts are on high alert.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Texas enacted a law last year requiring school districts to stock at least one such device on each campus with at least one employee trained to use it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The authority will be replaced by the new West Surrey Council in April 2027 following the dissolution of Surrey County Council and its 11 boroughs and districts as part of local government reorganisation.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The deputy federal public defenders said a defense analysis identified invalid service as acting or de facto U.S. attorneys in at least 16 districts across the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The four districts all join at an island in the center, the governing district.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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“Plaintiffs’ novel proposal is that we dismantle Georgia’s statewide PSC system and replace it with an entirely new districted system,” the court wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
As school districted switched to distance learning in March, the nonprofit Partnership for Connecticut spent $24 million to provide 60,000 laptops to high school students.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
Less important but still a concern: Only one of our daughter’s friends from day care will attend the school that we are districted for.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
Is choosing a more diverse school worth requesting the transfer, or should we stick with our districted school?
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2020
They districted the city, appointed a large investigating committee, and gave tickets calling for the articles most needed in the families found in a suffering condition.
From A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences by Laura S. Haviland
The justices further acknowledged the emergence of robust two-party competition and the increasing sophistication of computer-generated districting maps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
In 1986, the court articulated a test for determining when election districting is racially discriminatory.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
“A districting plan must comply with the broader constitutional standard of upholding the right to vote on equal terms and to substantially equal voting power,” Associate Justice Robin Hudson wrote in the prevailing opinion.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“I see the argument on the other side — a state interest in independent districting commissions. But as I read this, it is about districting in Los Angeles,” Chemerinsky said via email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
This done, each State passes a law, districting the State according to the number of members assigned it, and each district elects its own representative for Congress.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray
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