Chuck Lane WaPo column.

Bloomberg View editorial.

Steve Mazie for The Economist.

NYT: California is the largest of a handful of states that are trying to minimize the partisanship in the almost invariably political act of drawing district lines. California has handed that task to the independent and politically balanced California Citizens… Continue reading

Lyle Denniston: Although the court did not explain its willingness to schedule a hearing at the same time that it voted to block the lower court ruling in the meantime, its actions on Monday were not favorable to the challengers… Continue reading

Vox on McGhee/Stephanopoulos’s efficiency gap.

Here’s a radio interview I did with Texas Standard.(corrected link)

Listen with hosts June Grasso and Greg Stohr.

In addition to my piece in The Atlantic (Justice Kennedy’s Beauty Pageant) on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford, here’s more coverage/analysis: Adam Liptak-NYT Bob Barnes-WaPo David Savage-LAT AP Greg Stohr-Bloomberg… Continue reading

I have written this piece for The Atlantic on today’s decision to hear the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering claim. It begins: The partisan gerrymandering beauty pageant is returning to the Supreme Court next fall for a limited engagement for an audience… Continue reading

[UPDATE: About an hour after the Court issued its order agreeing to hear this case, it issued a second order, on a 5-4 vote, granting a stay of the lower court order in this case. The four liberal Justices dissented.… Continue reading