Category Archives: redistricting

Judge Posner on the Drafting History of Gray v. Sanders

December 3, 2014, 8:16 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From Ron Collins’ great Posner on Posner series: Professor Robert M. O’Neil: Perhaps your most remarkable contribution as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice William Brennan was the total change in the status of Gray v. Sanders (1963). You… Continue reading

Paul Clement Brief for Arizona in SCOTUS Redistricting Case Filed

December 2, 2014, 2:29 pmcitizen commissions, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

“If The Supreme Court Reads This Study, It Could End Partisan Gerrymandering Forever”

December 2, 2014, 8:10 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ian Millhiser writes. I was surprised to see no mention of Voting Rights Act requirements in drawing these districts.

“Making Ohio’s Electoral System a National Model”

November 25, 2014, 12:47 pmelection administration, redistricting, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Dec. 10 Bipartisan Policy Institute event at Ohio State: Ohio is at the epicenter of electoral policy discussions in the United States. Over the next two years, Ohio will again engage in debates about redistricting reform, early voting, voter registration… Continue reading

“Republicans go head-to-head on redistricting reform”

November 24, 2014, 3:45 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

A complicated picture in Ohio.

“Editorial: Fix This Ridiculous Map”

November 23, 2014, 4:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

“Gerrymandering is a Texas tradition whose time has come and gone”

November 23, 2014, 4:39 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Michael Li oped.

“Exclusive: new emails reveal efforts to redraw Florida political lines to favor Republicans”

November 23, 2014, 3:23 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Naples Daily News: More than 500-pages of emails kept secret during an ongoing redistricting legal battle shed light on the behind-the-scene efforts by a handful of GOP political consultants to influence Florida’s political lines, according to documents obtained by the… Continue reading

“Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the Political Resegregation of America”

November 22, 2014, 6:45 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Andy Kroll reports.

“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”

November 18, 2014, 3:00 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly. As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.

“Did Race Play a Role in Alabama Redistricting?”

November 18, 2014, 7:41 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

MHP discusses with Janai Nelson and Amy Howe.

“US justices could toss legislative maps in AZ”

November 17, 2014, 7:32 amfraudulent fraud squad, redistrictingRick Hasen

Thor’s back. (For newer blog readers, my earlier Thor Hearne coverage.)

Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case

November 14, 2014, 11:16 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Court has now posted it here.

“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Race Reasoning in Alabama Redistricting: A View from the Supreme Court”

November 14, 2014, 9:57 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here: If ultimately forced to draw a new plan in the current post-Shelby world, Alabama would no longer have Section 5 to rely on—for better or worse. Instead, it would have to take account of the Voting Rights Act’s… Continue reading