Category Archives: Supreme Court
“To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement”
“Litigating the Line Between Past and Present; The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.”
Sara Mayeux for Bunk History:
How past is the past? That quandary, among the definitional puzzles of the human condition, is also the crux of the voting rights battles currently rending statehouses and federal courts around the country. Election law… Continue reading
Ned Foley on Why Oral Argument Might Matter in WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case, and Some Questions
Ned:
It is often said that oral arguments rarely make a difference to the outcome of a Supreme Court case, that the Justices’ minds are essentially made up before oral argument begins.
But Gill v. Whitford, the blockbuster partisan gerrymandering… Continue reading
Will Justice Kennedy Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering in Gill v. Whitford, Argued at SCOTUS Oct. 3?
I have spoken to many reporters and others asking me what I think is going to happen in Gill v. Whitford, the partisan gerrymandering case out of Wisconsin being argued at the Supreme Court on October 3. In particular, they… Continue reading
Supreme Court Allows Texas To Drag Out Redistricting Appeal, Enjoying Benefit of Temporary Stay
Michael Li:
In one-line orders today (here and here), the Supreme Court rejected a request by plaintiffs in the Texas redistricting case that the Supreme Court expedite appeals by the State of Texas.
The plaintiffs’ requests would have… Continue reading
“The Case Against Partisan Gerrymandering”
Nick Stephanopoulos for Slate:
The underlying debate in Whitford, then, has a clear winner and a clear implication. Far from being tangential, party is currently the most important driver of voter and legislator behavior. This fact causes today’s gerrymandering to… Continue reading
“Supreme Court case offers window into how representatives choose their constituents”
Bob Barnes deep dive on how the Wisconsin gerrrymander came to be.
“Time to Protect Our Democracy; Anthony Kennedy should follow Byron White’s guidance and strike down partisan gerrymandering.”
Palma Joy Strand, who worked with Justice White as a clerk on Davis v. Bandemer, has written this piece for Slate.
Chicago-Kent Symposium: The Supreme Court and American Politics
Very much looking forward to delivering the keynote address at this symposium with a great lineup at Chicago-Kent on October 17. It will be a great homecoming, as I taught first at Chicago-Kent (1994-97).
In the keynote, I’ll be previewing… Continue reading
Wisconsin Files Its SCOTUS Reply Brief in Partisan Gerrymandering Case
I Talked SCOTUS, Gerrymandering, Voting Rights, and Pence-Kobach with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus
Great to join Dahlia on the first new podcast of the term.
Listen.
Lyle Denniston on SCOTUS Decision Not to Rush Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Lyle:
The Maryland case has some of its own vulnerabilities, and those might have played some role in the Supreme Court’s decision to sidetrack it for the time being. The Benisek case has yet to go to a trial, reaching… Continue reading
Supreme Court Won’t Hurry Consideration of Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Kimberly Robinson with the order.
I linked to the jurisdictional statement here.
I expect this means that the Maryland case, like the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, will be held for resolution of Gill v. Whitford, and then sent back… Continue reading