“Kavanaugh, Court Could Bury Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges”
Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law.
Category Archives: redistricting
Federal Court Appoints UCI Prof. Bernie Grofman to Redraw Virginia House Districts
Federal court appoints UC Irvine Prof Bernie Grofman as special master to assist court in redrawing Virginia house of delegates map. Order here: https://t.co/UChOmzvJlf #fairmaps 1/ pic.twitter.com/WHUaIuGcS6
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 18, 2018
“A plea to end all partisan gerrymandering challenges”
Lyle Denniston:
Reopening a deeply divisive controversy that has troubled the Supreme Court for 32 years, four state legislators from North Carolina have urged the Justices to bar all constitutional challenges to partisan gerrymandering.
The decades-long search for a way… Continue reading
Michigan: “GOP pressure shaped state’s district maps, court records show”
Detroit News:
Republican mapmakers who drew Michigan’s current political districts were pressured to appease lawmakers and made changes to help gain legislative approval, according to documents and depositions in a federal lawsuit.
The documents show mapmakers in 2011 gave top… Continue reading
Today’s Must Watch: Gerrymander Jewelry Ad
“J.H. Snider: Jury, not judges, should pick redistricting plan”
Oped in the News & Record.
“Political Fairness in Redistricting: What Wisconsin’s Experience Teaches”
Judge Lynn Adelman has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Memphis Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In this paper, to be presented at an election law forum sponsored by the Memphis Law Review and published in a… Continue reading
“Drawing the Line on Gerrymandering: Where Do the Courts Go From Here?”
I’m very much looking forward to participating in this Federal Bar Association lunchtime event in Riverside, California with Doug Johnson on October 23.
Link with RSVP info.
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Claims She Faced “Bullying” Over Her Vote to Keep Redistricting Measure on Ballot
Unusual story in the Detroit News:
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement said she faced “bullying and intimidation” while deliberating a case that paved the way for a redistricting proposal to go on the November ballot.
Clement, a Gov. Rick… Continue reading
“‘Race-blind’ Va. political map offered to replace one deemed racial gerrymander”
WaPo: “With a court-ordered deadline looming Oct. 30, Republican leaders of the House of Delegates on Tuesday backed a ‘politically neutral, race-blind remedial redistricting map’ that they said would satisfy the court while causing minimal disruption to existing legislative district… Continue reading
Democrats in Wisconsin State Assembly File New Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly filed a new partisan gerrymandering suit Friday challenging WI assembly map on First Amendment grounds. Here’s th complaint: https://t.co/yFOwdGAe2J #fairmaps #wipolitics pic.twitter.com/RbrRTXVC1A
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) September 17, 2018
“Democrats revive their lawsuit over Wisconsin gerrymandering in hopes of blocking election maps in 2020”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Democrats are renewing their lawsuit over election maps that have helped Republicans maintain big margins in the state Assembly.
An expanded group of Democratic voters filed a new version of their long-running lawsuit on Friday, three months after… Continue reading
3-Judge Court Stays Its Own Order, with Conditions, in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case, and It Excoriates the North Carolina Legislators’ Briefing
You can find the order here.
Neither Legislative Defendants’ Motion nor their supporting brief explicitly addresses any of the well-established factors set forth in Hilton. Normally, that failure alone would be fatal to Legislative Defendants’ Motion. See, e.g., Hickman-Bey… Continue reading
“Redistricting reformers turn to ballot initiatives”
Reid Wilson:
Nonpartisan redistricting proponents are turning to midterm election referendums in key states where legislative leaders have signaled no desire to give up their authority on drawing political boundaries.
Voters in four states — Michigan, Missouri, Colorado and Utah… Continue reading