“San Antonio court sets briefing schedule; orders hearings on interim maps for Feb. 15”
The Texas Redistricting blog reports.
Category Archives: redistricting
What Sam Issacharoff Said, But Without a Hint of Irony
Houston Chronicle on Texas redistricting case: “Lawyers for the state of Texas defended the maps as drawn for political gain, with no discriminatory intent.”
(See Sam on the “ugly mess”.)
“Closing argument powerpoints in preclearance case”
Very cool stuff from the Texas redistricting trial in DC.
3-Judge DC Court to 3-Judge Texas Court: Don’t Expect Us to Moot Texas Redistricting Case
D.C. Court signals it won’t issue ruling for at least 30 days in Texas preclearance suit, meaning it will fall to the court in San Antonio to draw interim maps (unless there is a settlement—an issue on which we haven’t… Continue reading
“Judge delays filing deadline for Kentucky legislative candidates”
News from Kentucky.
“Va. Supreme Court lets congressional redistricting suit proceed”
“Does Gerrymandering Violate Free Speech?; The League of Women Voters of Illinois is taking their case to the Supreme Court.”
The American Prospect reports.
“Jon Stewart and Lou Dobbs on Texas Redistricting”
“Redistricting Update IV: Unraveling the Redistricting Tangle”
Do read the Texas GOP’s official take on the status of the litigation.
How long? Not long.
In this post about a recent Pa. Supreme Court 4-3 decision, I asked: How long before someone runs to federal court and argues that the state Supreme Court order, by using districts from the last decade, is in violation of… Continue reading
Texas Redistricting Talks Reportedly Broken Down but Could be Revived
See here.
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Roundup of CA Supreme Court Redistricting Decision Stories
Texas Redistricting Deal to Help Congressional Dems?
The Hill reports. It is hard to see Texas Republicans going along with this, but we will see. Michael Li live-tweeted today’s very long hearing before the three-Judge court in San Antonio, and it sounds like the primary… Continue reading