Michael Wines for the NY Times: For 14 years, as partisan gerrymanders across the country grew more extreme, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy came to symbolize hopes that the Supreme Court would eventually rein them in. His retirement this week did… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrrymandering claim in North Carolina https://t.co/GDhucsNWGM But two other cases remain pending and will work their way back to Court next term. This is somewhat of a surprise /1… Continue reading

As I expected, the 3 judge court in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case has set a quick schedule to consider standing issues under Gill following a Supreme Court remand. Briefs are due July 11. Assuming the lower court… Continue reading

James Lucas for National Review.

Michael Li reminds us: Side note: There actually is a third North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case – Harris v. Cooper – that still is awaiting some action by SCOTUS. It also had been set for conference last week, but… Continue reading