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Law School Professor, Student and Alumnus Appear on “Indiana Lawmakers” This Week
03/10/2011
On the Friday, March 11 episode of Indiana Lawmakers with Jon Schwantes , a law school professor, alumnus and current student of Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis joined other experts to discuss the issue of redistricting the Hoosier State.
Several of the questions addresed were how the current walkout by House Democrats affects the General Assembly's ability to draw new maps for the Indiana House and Senate and for Congress; if lawmakers will be able to deliver on the promise to redistrict based on geographic boundaries and citizens' shared interests as opposed to partisan politics; and what will the latest population shifts mean to the makeup of the General Assembly?
Sen. Brandt Hershman, R – Lafayette and a first-year evening student; Sen. Tim Lanane, D – Anderson, a 1977 graduate of the law school; Dave Crooks of the Indiana Citizens Redistricting Commission; and Michael Pitts, Professor at the law school joined the debate on what gerrymandering could mean to Hoosier voters and how lobbying interests could affect the outcome.
See a podcast of the show on WFYI.
