Esquire Interviews Allison Riggs, One of the Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Who Argued the North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case
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Category Archives: Supreme Court
Are Congressional Action, Voter-Established Redistricting Commissions, or State Courts Good Substitutes or Supplement for Federal Court Review of Partisan Gerrymanders?
At the recent oral argument in the partisan gerrymandering cases, both Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh raised the question whether partisan gerrymandering is a problem that could solve itself without federal court intervention. One possibility is through congressional action establishing state… Continue reading
“Equality, More or Less: How the Supreme Court Might Fix Gerrymandering”
Michael Latner:
The lower equality standard reflected in current Constitutional interpretations is well understood among both election law experts and political scientists. Justice Breyer has noted the tension between single-seat districts and proportional representation. The most prominent metric of… Continue reading
“Neil Gorsuch’s Bad-Faith Ploy to Save Partisan Gerrymandering and Doom American Democracy”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate:
As Talking Points Memo’s Tierney Sneed has observed, Gorsuch’s question effectively weaponizes redistricting reform as an argument againstfederal court intervention. His solution—let the people solve the problem—is absurd for at least two reasons:… Continue reading
“Election doping: The Supreme Court does not like gerrymandering; That does not mean the nine justices will stop it”
Steve Mazie for The Economist.
Proportionality and the Oral Arguments — Part II
Yesterday, Nick offered some thoughts on the arguments in the Rucho and Benisek partisan gerrymandering cases, and several Justices’ fixation on whether all of this litigation is just a Trojan horse for achieving proportional representation. Nick’s post highlights the fact… Continue reading
Is Justice Kavanaugh in Play in the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases? Or is that Too “Big” of a “Lift”?
In my write-up of what’s at stake in the partisan gerrymandering cases over at Slate, I focused on whether Chief Justice Roberts is in play. I dismissed whether Justice Kavanaugh is in play with a single sentence: “And while… Continue reading
Read the Transcripts in the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
“55 Years Later, Lawyer Will Again Argue Over Redistricting Before Supreme Court”
What a story from NPR:
Emmet Jopling Bondurant II knew about the civil rights movement when he was a student at the University of Georgia in the 1950s, but he didn’t join it.“I was trying to get through college,” the… Continue reading
“Opinion: The Supreme Court Has A Chance To Push Back On Gerrymandering Today”
David Gans Buzzfeed oped.
“Will the Supreme Court End Gerrymandering? Arguments Begin This Week”
Michael Wines in the NYT.
“Take it from us governors: Politicians shouldn’t draw electoral maps”
Roy Cooper and Larry Hogan WaPo oped.
“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