“A Tale of (at Least) Two Gerrymanders”
Goldfeder and Perez in NYLJ.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Understanding Today’s Travel Ban Partial Stay as Sound Politics
Today’s partial stay in the travel ban case is a bit puzzling as law but may make more sense as politics. Following up on my colleague Leah Litman’s excellent post suggesting Court may never reach the merits, here are some… Continue reading
Justice Gorsuch Already Showing Himself to Be Among Court’s Most Conservative Justices
There was a lot of dissembling when Justice Gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court, that he was some kind of blank slate, without preconceived ideas about how he would rule as a Supreme Court Justice. Of course, this was… Continue reading
Does the SCOTUS Decision to Hear WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case Mean J. Kennedy Won’t Retire Now?
That was my initial inclination but now I’m not so sure.
“Do we really want the Supreme Court to decide how partisan is too partisan?”
“The Supreme Court’s Chance to End the Gerrymander”
“A new Supreme Court case could rejigger electoral lines for the 2020 election”
Steve Mazie for The Economist.
“Some States Beat Supreme Court to Punch on Eliminating Gerrymanders”
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
“Court may rule on partisan gerrymandering – but maybe not”
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
“How 2 academics got the Supreme Court to reexamine gerrymandering”
Vox on McGhee/Stephanopoulos’s efficiency gap.
“Supreme Court’s Partisan Gerrymandering Case Could Have Texas Implications”
Here’s a radio interview I did with Texas Standard.(corrected link)
Talking Partisan Gerrymandering with Josh Douglas on Bloomberg Law Radio
Listen with hosts June Grasso and Greg Stohr.
WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case News/Analysis Roundup
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
“Justice Kennedy’s Beauty Pageant”
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