Category Archives: redistricting

Sam Issacharoff: When Constraint Fails (Rucho Symposium)

July 2, 2019, 10:30 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Sam Issacharoff, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: The 33-year search for judicial standards in partisan gerrymandering cases came to a crashing conclusion this Term. As Justice Kagan… Continue reading

Franita Tolson: Taking the Elections Clause Seriously after Rucho v. Common Cause (Rucho symposium)

July 2, 2019, 7:00 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Franita Tolson, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court held that a partisan gerrymandering claim presented a nonjusticiable political question… Continue reading

Bruce Cain: Back to Institutional Basics (Rucho Symposium)

July 2, 2019, 6:30 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Bruce Cain, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: Given all the various ways that the Republicans have gamed election rules in recent years to stay in power, I… Continue reading

Nick Stephanopoulos: The Denouement of Kennedy’s Retirement (Rucho Symposium)

July 1, 2019, 4:00 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Nick Stephanopoulos, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: Both gerrymandering cases the Court decided this term—Rucho v. Common Cause out of North Carolina, and Lamone v. Benisek out… Continue reading

Deborah Hellman: Partisan Gerrymandering and Campaign Finance: An interesting relationship (Rucho symposium)

July 1, 2019, 1:04 pmcampaign finance, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Deborah Hellman, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: Last week’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause rests on the claim that the Supreme Court cannot determine when districting… Continue reading

“‘Hide the evidence’: New Texas law may help GOP keep secrets about its redistricting strategy”

July 1, 2019, 10:39 amchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Dallas Morning News: Texas has passed a new law that lets lawmakers conceal their emails and other communications from public scrutiny, as they prepare to redraw the state’s voting maps.The law’s Republican authors, North Texas’ Rep. Charlie Geren and… Continue reading

Joey Fishkin: Rucho: A Sinkhole Dangerously Close to the House (Rucho symposium)

July 1, 2019, 7:38 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Joey Fishkin, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: When I teach Rucho, I expect it will pair well with Colegrove v. Green, the long-overruled 1946 case in which… Continue reading

Ned Foley: Blame the Constitution, Not the Court (Rucho Symposium)

July 1, 2019, 7:00 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Ned Foley, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: Partisan gerrymandering should be unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has ruled otherwise. Anger at Chief Justice Roberts for this 5-4… Continue reading

“Records of redistricting architect suggest partisan motive”

June 30, 2019, 12:02 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

AP reports.

Michael Solimine: State Courts as Forums for Federal Partisan Gerrymandering Claims after Common Cause v. Rucho (Rucho Symposium)

June 30, 2019, 10:40 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Michael Solimine, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho: A 5-4 majority of the United States Supreme Court in Common Cause v. Rucho held that challenges to partisan gerrymandering… Continue reading

“Electoral map bias may worsen as U.S. gerrymandering battle shifts to states”

June 29, 2019, 4:47 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“The Supreme Court’s partisan gerrymandering decision is Justice Scalia’s last laugh. Democratic restoration now depends on the people alone.”

June 29, 2019, 4:15 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

See this post at the LSE US Centre.

Crum: “Rucho and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”

June 27, 2019, 4:18 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Travis Crum: In Rucho v. Common Cause, the conservatives on the Supreme Court finally prevailed on their decades-long effort to declare partisan gerrymandering a non-justiciable political question. Rather than add to… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court’s Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering Will Drag It Down Further Into the Mud”

June 27, 2019, 3:30 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this oped for the New York Times. It begins: The Supreme Court decision on Thursday in Rucho v. Common Cause purports to take federal courts out of the business of policingpartisan gerrymanders and leave the issue for… Continue reading