“Take it from us governors: Politicians shouldn’t draw electoral maps”
Roy Cooper and Larry Hogan WaPo oped.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“We Drew Congressional Maps for Partisan Advantage. That Was the Point.”
Ralph Hise and David Lewis in The Atlantic:
“I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats, because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11… Continue reading
DOJ Wants Supreme Court to Grant and Hold the CA Census Citizenship Question Case Pending Outcome of the New York Case
If the Supreme Court agreed, this would mean the the Enumerations Clause issue, which was not reached in the NY case but was decided in the CA case, would be decided in the NY case only. That would mean no… Continue reading
“US Supreme Court denies hearing Ron Paul 2012 aides’ appeal”
AP:
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of the felony convictions of three top staffers on Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign.Campaign chairman Jesse Benton, campaign manager John Tate and deputy campaign manager Dimitri Kesari were… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Weighs Race Challenge to Virginia Voting Map”
NYT reports on today’s Bethune-Hill II oral argument.
Supreme Court Posts Transcript of Argument in Today’s Bethune-Hill Case (Va. Racial Gerrymandering)
You can find the transcript here.
“Partisan Gerrymandering Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column.
“U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in appeal of Virginia racial gerrymandering case”
WaPo:
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a redistricting case that could help determine the balance of power in Virginia’s legislature for years to come.A panel of lower-court judges ruled last year that 11 Virginia House… Continue reading
Oral Advocates Announced for Partisan Gerrymandering SCOTUS Arguments March 26
Breaking: Supreme Court in Census Citizenship Case Adds Constitutional Question (Enumeration Clause) to the Ongoing Briefing in the Case
Hansi Lo Wang:
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1106636579815260160
As to why the Court did this now, see my earlier post, DOJ Will Ask SCOTUS to Bypass 9th Circuit, and Hear Second Census Citizenship Question Case with NY Case at April 23 Oral Argument.
“Argument preview: Virginia racial gerrymandering case returns to Supreme Court”
Very readable Amy Howe preview at SCOTUSBlog of Bethune Hill II.
DOJ Files Brief in SCOTUS Census Case
Here’s the Government’s brief in the SCOTUS case over the inclusion of a citizenship question in the decennial enumeration.
I expected the arguments about speculative standing, about the deferential APA review, and about the degree of discretion ostensibly committed to… Continue reading
“Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data”
The AP has more on the latest at the Census Bureau.
I think this is an effort to gather the administrative data that Census employees said would be more effective at assessing statistical citizenship rates, with fewer downsides for public… Continue reading
“Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Census Citizenship Question Plans”
Big
(and voluminous) news from California: in a 126-page
opinion, Judge Seeborg has enjoined the inclusion of a question regarding
citizenship on the 2020 census.
The decision follows on Judge Furman’s opinion out of New
York, but is more… Continue reading