Category Archives: redistricting
“Redistricting by Formula: An Ohio Reform Experiment”
Micah Altman and Michael McDonald in American Politics Research:
In the last decade, Ohio reformers advocated redistricting by formula: selecting the redistricting plan that scores best on a predefined objective scoring function that combines prima facie neutral criteria with political… Continue reading
Judicial Watch, Which Backs Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Claim, Objects to “Efficiency Gap” in WI Redistricting Litigation
Paul Clement Brief on WI Redistricting Calls Court Policing of Gerrymandering “Dangerously Wrong”
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
“Lawsuit: 2015 Redistricting Violated Black Voters’ Rights”
AP:
Georgia lawmakers violated federal voting rights law by moving black voters out and white voters in to two state House districts in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that calls the mid-decade redistricting an effort to protect white… Continue reading
“Court: Texas House map intentionally diluted minority votes”
“‘Pivotal Moment’ for Democrats? Gerrymandering Heads to Supreme Court”
Michael Wines on the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case heading to SCOTUS.
Breaking: Divided District Court Finds Texas Engaged in Intentional Race Discrimination in Drawing TX House Districts
The same three-judge court that recently held that Texas’s congressional redistricting violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act in drawing some districts has now issued this new decision and these findings of fact in relation to the challenge… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos and Ruth Greenwood’s Gerrymandering Wedding Cake Also on John Oliver Segment
Watch around the 14 minute mark (NSFW).
Justin Levitt Makes It onto John Oliver’s Segment on Gerrymandering!
At about the 12 minute mark.
“Why you should stop blaming gerrymandering so much. Really.”
Aaron Blake:
But gerrymandering is also blamed too much for too many things — especially for our political polarization and for Republicans’ strong advantage in the House. Just last week, an op-ed in The Washington Post blamed gerrymandering for breeding … Continue reading
“How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering”
Big piece in Quanta Magazine.
Status Conference Order in TX Redistricting Cases Suggests Further Action on State House Case, Issue of Putting Texas Back under Federal Supervision
A few weeks ago the three-judge court decided a challenge to the 2011 Texas congressional redistricting plan. Pending is a challenge to the 2011 House districts. That opinion may come any time. There also needs to be a trial on… Continue reading
The WI Gerrymandering Case and the Costs of Mandatory Jurisdiction
The 2-1 federal court decision striking down Wisconsin’s redistricting plans for the state legislature as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, Whitford v. Gil, is without doubt the most significant lower federal court decision on partisan gerrymandering the lower courts have ever… Continue reading