Listen (beginning at 46:49): On December 3, 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund hosted a press briefing on Evenwel v. Abbott – to be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on December 8. The briefing featured insights from: Nina Perales,… Continue reading

Good piece (ignore the misleading headline—this case is about state legislative districts, although its reasoning could perhaps be extended to congressional districting (not apportionment) within states).

Regular readers of ELB know that I’m often sounding the alarm about Supreme Court cases with the potential to hurt our democracy. For example, I recently wrote of big procedural victory for campaign finance opponents which makes it fairly likely… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji: Although I’m generally loath to predict outcomes, I expect the Court to reject the appellants’ argument that the Constitution requires equalization of eligible voters among districts. Buthow it rejects this argument is very much up in the air.… Continue reading

Tierney Sneed reports on Evenwel for TPM.

Listen: On December 2, 2015, Constitutional Accountability Center hosted a telebriefing on the case of Evenwel v. Abbott – due to be argued at the Supreme Court on the morning of December 8. The call featured insights from: *… Continue reading

Andrew Grossman has written this report for the Heritage Foundation. Here is a summary: The greatest hope of those committed to the one-person, one-vote status quo seems to be that in decidingEvenwel v. Abbott, the Supreme Court will simply leave… Continue reading

Michael Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A corrosive concept has infected the roots of our democracy. This insidious notion, which has eluded judicial grasp, is that legislators may constitutionally draw electoral districts for the… Continue reading

More news from Va: The plaintiffs and the original defendants in Virginia’s congressional redistricting case want a three-judge panel to proceed with drawing a new map over the objections of Republicans in the state’s delegation. Lawyers for the plaintiffs say… Continue reading

Release: Supreme Court Case Threatens Representation of Children and Non-Citizens An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Evenwel v. Abbott on Redistricting Report and Interactive Maps   New York, NY, December 2, 2015   Population equality is the main criteria… Continue reading