Category Archives: Supreme Court

Highly Recommended: Larry Baum’s “Ideology in the Supreme Court”

January 17, 2018, 5:00 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I just had a chance to read Lawrence Baum, Ideology in the Supreme Court (Princeton University Press 2017). It is really a terrific book which says something new and different about the role of ideology in Supreme Court decisionmaking (something… Continue reading

Updated: Read the Opposition to SCOTUS Stay Request in North Carolina Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering Case

January 17, 2018, 11:00 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read it here. A snippet: [Update: Here is a second opposition to the stay request.]

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Democratic Party Petition Raising Partisan Gerrymandering Case, After Agreeing to Hear Texas Appeal on Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering Issues

January 16, 2018, 7:45 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I noted on Friday the Supreme Court’s order to hear two Texas redistricting appeals raising claims under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution (including racially discriminatory intent and racial gerrymandering claims). I also noted that the Court did not… Continue reading

“A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps”

January 15, 2018, 8:22 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column.

“On Partisan Gerrymandering, What’s Up?”

January 15, 2018, 8:17 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Jost on Justice.

“The Supreme Court takes on two redistricting cases from Texas”

January 15, 2018, 6:23 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Steven Mazie for The Economist.

Roundup of Stories on SCOTUS Decision to Hear Texas Redistricting Cases

January 15, 2018, 6:22 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Will the Court Kill the Gerrymander?”

January 12, 2018, 1:36 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Zachary Roth for the NYRB.

“Arguments in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute – What’s a state to do?”

January 12, 2018, 1:35 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Becker: So again, Justice Breyer’s question reflects what states have been going through with regard to list maintenance. Despite the false choice often presented by partisans, states don’t want a list maintenance procedure that’s overbroad, leading to false positives… Continue reading

Analysis: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear (Part of) Texas Redistricting Cases, But Not Partisan Gerrymandering; What Does It Mean, and What About North Carolina?

January 12, 2018, 1:13 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

As expected, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear both the state and congressional Texas redistricting cases, consolidating them, postponing a decision on jurisdiction (more on that below), and likely (but not certainly) setting them up for argument in… Continue reading

Likely Coming Friday: A Supreme Court Order to Hear the Texas Redistricting Cases

January 11, 2018, 8:35 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Tomorrow is one of the last opportunities for the Supreme Court to set cases to be argued this term, which ends in late June. Last week during its private conference the Court considered whether or not to hear the state… Continue reading

The State of Play on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases at the Supreme Court

January 10, 2018, 4:22 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

There has been so much action on partisan gerrymandering recently, I thought it is worth gaming out what is likely to happen over the next few months in relation to a number of cases at, or heading, to SCOTUS. Back… Continue reading

“Podcast: Gerrymandering and American democracy”

January 5, 2018, 1:55 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

National Constitution Center: In the Gill case this year, the Supreme Court might determine the constitutional future of partisan gerrymandering. Scholars and advocates have been discussing the arguments at the heart of the case – as well as those involved… Continue reading