“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”
James Lucas for National Review.
Category Archives: redistricting
North Carolina Republicans Go to SCOTUS on Paul Clement Motion to Restore Old Districts for Election
Colin Campbell:
#ncga Republicans are asking SCOTUS to scrap the court-drawn legislative maps for this election and use 2017 map plan instead, citing a SCOTUS ruling in another gerrymandering case earlier this week. More on this in tomorrow's @ncinsider #ncpol… Continue reading
I Talked Texas, Wisconsin, and North Carolina Gerrymandering on the McClatchy “Beyond the Bubble” Politics Podcast
Breaking:Three-Judge Federal Court, on 2-1 Vote on Remand from Supreme Court, Finds 11 Virginia State House Districts Unconstitutional Racial Gerrymanders
You can find the opinions here.
After holding a bench trial in 2015, this Court issued a divided opinion upholding the redistricting plan. See Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Bd. of Elections, 141 F. Supp. 3d 505 (E.D. Va. 2015).… Continue reading
What About the *Other* Case Claiming Partisan Gerrymandering in North Carolina?
Michael Li reminds us:
Side note: There actually is a third North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case – Harris v. Cooper – that still is awaiting some action by SCOTUS. It also had been set for conference last week, but… Continue reading
How Appealing Roundup of Stories on Texas Redistricting Decision
You can find it here.
You can also read my Slate piece on the decision, “Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse; The Supreme Court has put its thumb on the scales in favor of discriminatory … Continue reading
“It’s a Mess”
Great opening quoting Justin Levitt and Rick Pildes in this well-done NPR report by Nina Totenberg on today’s Texas redistricting decision.
BREAKING: SCOTUS Sends Back North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Rather Than Setting It for Argument.
The Supreme Court has vacated and remanded the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, rather than setting it for argument. This is another sign Justice Kennedy is not ready to weigh back in so fast. I discussed what that remand order… Continue reading
Dahlia Lithwick Talks to Paul Smith About the Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter Purge Cases He Argued and Lost
Listen at Slate’s Amicus.
ACS Webinar: “Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?”
Announcement via email:
Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?
Join ACS on June 26 at 4:30pm Eastern for a webinar featuring Paul Smith of the Campaign Legal Center and Michael Li of the Brennan Center for Justice discussing… Continue reading
Beating a Dead Horse Dep’t: “Top Pa. Republicans appeal gerrymandering case to U.S. Supreme Court”
Parties in in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Spar Over Whether U.S. Supreme Court Should Hear Case or Remand the Case Following Gill
The Court had the case on its conference docket for today, but it is possible these supplemental briefs will further delay disposition of the case.
Jun 19 2018
Second supplemental brief of appellees Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main … Continue reading
“The Supreme Court can’t dodge responsibility on gerrymandering forever”
“Is Groton the Next Evenwel?”
Paul Edelman has posted this very interesting draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Evenwel v Abbott the Supreme Court left open the question of whether states could employ population measures other than total population as a basis for… Continue reading