The Alaska Supreme Court will decide in the next two weeks how much weight public testimony and the boundaries of Alaska Native regional corporations should be given in shaping legislative districts.
The Alaska Supreme Court closes oral arguments in three appeals of a Superior Court judge’s ruling on legal challenges to the new state legislative district map on Friday in the court’s chambers in Anchorage. Pictured from left are Justice Dario Borghesan, Senior Justice Warren Matthews Jr., Chief Justice Daniel Winfree, Senior Justice Robert Eastaugh and Justice Jennifer Henderson.
Wells said they didn’t, prompting Winfree to ask for evidence that suggests the board didn’t think about public testimony.The issue of public testimony came up in anotherof Matthews’ ruling, over whether the board gave enough weight to the testimony of Skagway residents. The residents had asked to be in the same House district as downtown Juneau, but the board map included Skagway in the district of Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley neighborhood.
was made by the city of Valdez. In its case, Matthews upheld a House district drawn by the board that included both Valdez and part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.“If you go out of your door and drive for 100 miles, you ought to go past a few folks that you’re districted with,” he said. “Call me old school.”
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