Release: The 2018 midterms will be fiercely fought, with a focus on control of the U.S. House after years of Republican dominance. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely hear a challenge to partisan gerrymandering in Gill… Continue reading

New Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: The Supreme Court has never struck down an election map on the ground that it was drawn to make sure one political party would win an outsize number of seats. But it has… Continue reading

Read it here.

With Paul Smith (now of the Campaign Legal Center) as Counsel of Record.

Sam Wang and Brian Remlinger LAT oped: Setting aside the Monte Carlo analysis, the most straightforward way to determine if gerrymandering has gone too far is to ask whether one side’s wins were exceptionally lopsided compared with the other. In… Continue reading

This extremely long running case will be coming to a conclusion with a 5 day trial on July 10, followed by an inevitable appeal directly to the Supreme court.

Amicus brief.

AP: Attorneys for the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to uphold GOP-drawn legislative boundaries, saying a ruling that found them to be unconstitutional was “dangerously” wrong. The filing comes in support of separate and similar… Continue reading