“Redistricting San Francisco: Assembling the Political Puzzle”
This event will take place Jan 28.
Category Archives: redistricting
No Bueno
Another controversial email in the Texas redistricting case.
Virginia State Court to Consider Whether the Va. Legislature Lost Its Right to Draw Congressional Districts
Today a state court in Virginia, issued an opinion in Little v. Va. Board of Elections (a case I had not heard of and one that does not appear to be on Justin’s list of Va. redistricting litigation). State law… Continue reading
Before 2012 lines are done, Texas re-considering re-redrawing 2014 district lines
“Judges Make a Rush Request for Redistricting Maps”
The Texas Tribune reports.
“Redistricting and Increased Partisanship Fuel House Departures”
NYT‘s “The Caucus” reports.
“Two Primaries in Texas?”
“From Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, and Back”
Nelson Lund has posted this draft on SSRN (Case Western Reserve Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This essay advances three propositions. First, Baker v. Carr and its early one person, one vote progeny were wrongly decided. Second, in light… Continue reading
Texas: standards for the San Antonio court
As Rick noted in the flurry of posts following Friday’s Supreme Court redistricting decision, the San Antonio three-judge court must now put pen back to paper to come up with three new interim 2012 maps. And it’s been instructed to… Continue reading
“As Closed-Door Redistricting Drags On, Incumbents’ Edge Only Grows”
NYT reports.
“Supreme Court Rorschach Test on Voting Rights”
Joan Biskupic blogs on the Texas redistricting decision.
“N.C. Court Denies Motion to Delay Primary”
Roll Call: “North Carolina Democrats looking for a court to overturn a Republican-drawn Congressional map took a hit today when a three-judge panel denied their motion to delay the primary, scheduled for May 8.”
Beldar Blog on Texas Redistricting Case
Here.
For the record, I hardly think it racist to note that minorities, especially African Americans (but aside from Cuban-Americans in Florida) tend to vote for Democrats by very lopsided margins.
Winners and Losers in Texas Decision
Michael Li offers his thoughts.