Category Archives: redistricting

Breaking: #SCOTUS to Hear ANOTHER AZ Redistricting Case

June 30, 2015, 6:33 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The case is Harris [corrected] v. AZ Redistricting Commission (14-232) and the three questions presented (in the jurisdictional statement) deal with one person, one vote deviations to satisfy partisan advantage, deviations from one person one vote for partisan advantage… Continue reading

Small Error in Justice Ginsburg’s AZ Redistricting Decision

June 29, 2015, 2:33 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

A reader via email notes to me that Justice Ginsburg’s decision in the AZ redistricting case contains a minor error of fact on page 8 of the slip opinion. The opinion states: The California Redistricting Commission, established by popular… Continue reading

“Justices Rule for Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission”

June 29, 2015, 2:13 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Mike Sacks and Marcia Coyle report for the NLJ.

Nate Persily on AZ Redistricting Decision, Etc.

June 29, 2015, 1:02 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate, whose work was cited multiple times in today’s decision, writes: While observers of the Court will read into these opinions – as they should — larger principles of legislative deference or fundamental rights or respect for the democratic… Continue reading

“Mindlessly Literal Reading Loses Again; This Supreme Court decision is a dig at Bush v. Gore.”

June 29, 2015, 12:08 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here’s my piece at Slate on today’s AZ redistricting ruling from the Supreme Court. It begins: The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with another major rejection of conservative attempts to use wooden, textualist arguments to upset sensible policies. The… Continue reading

Ned Foley on the AZ Redistricting Decision

June 29, 2015, 11:47 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

At Moritz: “The majority contends that its counterintuitive reading of ‘the Legislature’ is necessary to advance the ‘animatingng principle’ of popular sovereignty.” With this sentence in his dissent (at page 14), Chief Justice Roberts gets to the heart of the… Continue reading

“No Guarantee That Redistricting Verdict Will Help Democrats”

June 29, 2015, 11:07 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate Cohn for NYT’s The Upshot.

Breaking: #SCOTUS Upholds Independent AZ Redistricting Commission 5-4

June 29, 2015, 7:28 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read the 5-4 opinion here. I will have a piece posting soon at Slate on the larger meaning of the case, but here are some thoughts in the interim: 1. The key holding (aside from standing): AZ… Continue reading

“One-Third Of Congressional Districts Could Be Affected By Supreme Court Ruling”

June 28, 2015, 11:28 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NPR reports.

Arizona on the Mind: A Response to Rick Pildes

June 26, 2015, 12:49 pmredistricting, Supreme Courtredistricting, Supreme CourtBob Bauer, guest-blogger

My friend and NYU colleague Rick Pildes, anticipating the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Arizona redistricting case, argues strongly for the Court to let independent redistricting commissions flourish. The question presented – – whether “legislature” can be read to mean… Continue reading

Judicial Watch Files Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit Against MD Congressional Districting

June 24, 2015, 9:20 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Complaint.

Dahlia Lithwick Interviews Douglas Smith About Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case at #SCOTUS

June 14, 2015, 8:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

It’s the second half of this week’s Amicus podcast. The first half has an interview with Carrie Severino about Justice Thomas’s role on the Roberts Court.

Plutocrat Promises to Pressure CA Legislature if #SCOTUS Kills Independent Redistricting for Congress

June 14, 2015, 8:37 amcitizen commissions, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Dan Morain reports. It would be nice if the question of independent redistricting were up to neither Charlie Munger nor the Supreme Court, but instead the people of the state of California.

“The Role of Three-Judge Courts in Conservative Attacks on Campaign Finance Reform and Voting Rights”

June 12, 2015, 8:13 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Gans: Election law cases have come to the Supreme Court in droves in recent years, as conservative activists have taken advantage of federal laws that provide for a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in certain campaign finance… Continue reading