“Justice Kavanaugh can help fix gerrymandering”
Jason Harrow in The Hill. I wouldn’t count on it, much as I like the First Amendment associational rights theory that he suggests.
Category Archives: redistricting
New Filings in NC Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Plaintiffs in Common Cause v. Rucho have filed a new brief before the three-judge district court addressing Gill‘s impact on both standing and the merits of their constitutional claims. The brief and exhibits along with a press release are available… Continue reading
“Austin siblings create board game to tackle gerrymandering”
Story and video here. One of the creators sends this message:
My name is Josh Lafair, and I am a junior in high school. I have always believed that America, despite its polarization, is a great democracy.
Then I… Continue reading
Tokaji on Abbott v. Perez: Bad Reading Invites Discriminatory Redistricting
My thoughts on the Take Care Blog.
Grofman on Proving Partisan Gerrymandering
In Monkey Cage. Citing recent racial and partisan gerrymandering decisions, he concludes:
Many experts, including me, had hoped the Supreme Court would declare a standard for finding districts had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered for partisan advantage that looked at effects statewide.… Continue reading
Michigan Supreme Court, with 5 Justice Republican-backed Majority, Will Decide Whether Citizen Redistricting Measure Can Go on the Ballot
The Michigan Supreme Court’s order:
On order of the Court, the motions for leave to file briefs amicus curiae and the motion for leave to file response to amicus curiae brief are GRANTED. The application for leave to appeal the… Continue reading
Texas redistricting ain’t over yet
Just before the holiday, Rick posted a Texas redistricting update: the trial court issued a briefing order asking what’s left of the case after SCOTUS remand. Rick thought “there’s not much left to do.” But while most of the… Continue reading
Three-Judge District Court Prepares to Wind Down Texas Redistricting Challenge After Nearly 8 Years
Here’s the order.
There’s not much left to do after the Supreme Court killed most of the plaintiffs’ case in Abbott v. Perez.
My take at Slate: Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse.
“Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering”
Michael Wines for the NY Times:
For 14 years, as partisan gerrymanders across the country grew more extreme, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy came to symbolize hopes that the Supreme Court would eventually rein them in.
His retirement this week did… Continue reading
“NAACP Sues To Throw Out Connecticut Legislature’s Map Over Prison Gerrymandering”
HuffPo:
The NAACP and a handful of voters filed a lawsuit on Thursday to strike down the map for the Connecticut legislature before the 2020 election. The plaintiffs say that lawmakers are unconstitutionally drawing district lines when they count prisoners… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrymandering claim in North Carolina
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrrymandering claim in North Carolina https://t.co/GDhucsNWGM But two other cases remain pending and will work their way back to Court next term. This is somewhat of a surprise /1… Continue reading
3-Judge Court in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Sets Quick Schedule to Potentially Get Case Back Up to #SCOTUS
As I expected, the 3 judge court in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case has set a quick schedule to consider standing issues under Gill following a Supreme Court remand.
Briefs are due July 11.
Assuming the lower court… Continue reading
“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”
James Lucas for National Review.
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