Hofeller files come into court in North Carolina state gerrymandering case
Courthouse
News Service reviews the end of week one of trial.
Category Archives: political parties
“Drawing new congressional lines won’t be easy for Democrats”
Nathan Gonzales in Roll Call counting an awful lot of chickens:
Democrats’ potential challenge in the next round of redistricting will be drawing new lines at the apex of electoral performance.
“Would ending fusion voting hurt GOP and help suburban Dems?”
An interesting
commentary on the debate over fusion voting in New York.
“2020 Redistricting: An Early Look”
Kyle Kondik reviews partisan
control of the process for Rasmussen.
I’ve got a summary of who’s in charge of what, with the partisan
control as of today, right here for Congress
and here for state
legislatures.
“Wisconsin bill to end partisan gerrymandering picks up Republican support”
The bill to respond to partisan gerrymandering in the state gets some bipartisan
support after Rucho.
And Miles Rapoport reviews some
of the efforts underway elsewhere.
Charles and Fuentes-Rohwer on Rucho
“Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again”
A clever title for a clever
piece about partisan gerrymandering, and the doctrine holding the Guarantee
Clause nonjusticiable. I’m inclined to
agree on the substance.
“GOP megadonors pour money into Trump campaign”
The Trump takeover of the GOP is reflected
in the recent campaign finance disclosures.
The subhead of the piece: “Some of the same donors who bankrolled
anti-Trump efforts in 2016 are at the center of the president’s reelection.”
“NC trial looks at partisan bias after US justices won’t”
A
report from the opening days of the state court’s partisan gerrymandering trial
in North Carolina.
“Roberts gave GOP cover on gerrymandering”
Gene Nichol, in the News & Observer, with a local’s view on Rucho (feat. Shelby County).
“North Carolina Gerrymandering Trial Could Serve As Blueprint For Other States”
Morning Edition on Common Cause v. Lewis, the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case in state court, heading into trial today.
New volume of the Harvard Law & Policy Review is out
Chock
full of election-law goodies. Among
other pieces:
Elizabeth Warren, Foreword (on corruption and faith in government)Jeffrey Clements, “But It Will Happen”: A Constitutional Amendment to Secure Political Equality in Election Spending and RepresentationViki Harrison,… Continue reading
“With straight-ticket voting gone, Texas House down-ballot races hang in the balance”
Commentary on the impact of the demise
of straight-ticket voting options in Texas.
“What the French Revolution teaches us about the dangers of gerrymandering”
Rebecca
Spang with a Bastille Day connection to unabashed partisan redistricting.