Will Baude has an intriguing post suggesting that, even after Rucho, federal partisan gerrymandering claims can still be brought in state court. The rationale is that federal jurisdictional doctrines like standing, mootness, and justiciability don’t apply in state court. So… Continue reading
In its decision last year in Whitford, the Court provided all kinds of clues about what a
successful partisan gerrymandering claim would look like. It would be
district-specific, not plan-wide. That way it would be congruent with the standing
inquiry… Continue reading
NYT:
Thursday’s 5-4 ruling means that North Carolina’s current Republican-drawn map delineating its 13 Congressional districts — a map that critics have said is among the country’s most egregious examples of hyper-partisanship — will stand. The decision could also… Continue reading
I’ll
have more to say about the Court’s appalling opinion in Rucho in Rick’s symposium next week. But I want to flag one point
now: the Court’s erasure of racial vote dilution doctrine. This is the doctrine
that allows groups… Continue reading
Yesterday at the Balkinization blog, I put up this perspective on the Court’s Census decision. Here is a bit of that analysis:
Today’s decision in the Census case is a powerful example of what I call an “institutionally realist” approach… Continue reading
Peter is retiring as the Money and Politics reporter at NPR after a great run. I’ve always benefitted from Peter’s tenacity and his excellent reporting skills.
Happy Retirement and we will miss you on the beat!
NYT:
The House on Thursday approved expansive election security legislation that would mandate the use of backup paper ballots and postelection vote audits to guard against potential foreign meddling, seeking to pressure Senator Mitch McConnell to lift his blockade of… Continue reading
TPM:
If the Trump administration does not want another round of discovery into whether its census citizenship question was discriminatory, it has until Monday to tell the judge who is currently considering the claim that it is backing down… Continue reading
“We are in Mad Max territory now, there are no rules.”
–Justin Levitt to NPR, “Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Is Beyond The Reach Of Federal Courts.”