“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”
James Lucas for National Review.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
What About the *Other* Case Claiming Partisan Gerrymandering in North Carolina?
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
How Appealing Roundup of Stories on Texas Redistricting Decision
You can find it here.
You can also read my Slate piece on the decision, “Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse; The Supreme Court has put its thumb on the scales in favor of discriminatory … Continue reading
“Neil Gorsuch Declares War on the Voting Rights Act”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate:
What may be most remarkable about Monday’s decision in Abbott v. Perez, however, is Justice Neil Gorsuch’s effort to position himself as a fierce opponent of the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court already… Continue reading
Smart Bob Barnes: “Like Punting after a Punt”
WaPo:
The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it is in no hurry to decide two important questions it sidestepped earlier this term: whether a business owner’s religious beliefs can justify refusing wedding services to same-sex couples, and how courts should… Continue reading
“It’s a Mess”
Great opening quoting Justin Levitt and Rick Pildes in this well-done NPR report by Nina Totenberg on today’s Texas redistricting decision.
Listen to New Books in Political Science Podcast, with Me Talking to Heath Brown About My Scalia book
Funny, rude & innovative, Antonin Scalia was a disrupter on the court. @rickhasen's THE JUSTICE OF CONTRADICTIONS (@yalepress) wrestles w/Scalia’s favored ways of interpreting the law, textualism & originalism. He joins @heathbrown for this #podcast. https://t.co/gzK2tSsWLo… Continue reading
BREAKING: SCOTUS Sends Back North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Rather Than Setting It for Argument.
The Supreme Court has vacated and remanded the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, rather than setting it for argument. This is another sign Justice Kennedy is not ready to weigh back in so fast. I discussed what that remand order… Continue reading
Dahlia Lithwick Talks to Paul Smith About the Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter Purge Cases He Argued and Lost
Listen at Slate’s Amicus.
“Is the right to vote a use-it-or-lose-it proposition?”
Patt Morrison talks to Dan Tokaji about the Husted voter purge case.
ACS Webinar: “Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?”
Announcement via email:
Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?
Join ACS on June 26 at 4:30pm Eastern for a webinar featuring Paul Smith of the Campaign Legal Center and Michael Li of the Brennan Center for Justice discussing… Continue reading
Will the Texas Redistricting Case, Likely to Be Decided By Supreme Court Next Week, End with Another Whimper Rather than a Bang?
I had thought that the partisan gerrymandering cases were going to end with a whimper rather than a bang, and that’s exactly what happened.
With thoughts that Justice Thomas or Alito likely have the opinion in the Texas… Continue reading
Beating a Dead Horse Dep’t: “Top Pa. Republicans appeal gerrymandering case to U.S. Supreme Court”
Parties in in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Spar Over Whether U.S. Supreme Court Should Hear Case or Remand the Case Following Gill
The Court had the case on its conference docket for today, but it is possible these supplemental briefs will further delay disposition of the case.
Jun 19 2018
Second supplemental brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main … Continue reading