Category Archives: redistricting

“Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering”

June 18, 2018, 5:12 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak reports for the NYT: But the decisions were a setback for critics of gerrymandering, who had hoped that the Supreme Court would transform American democracy by subjecting to close judicial scrutiny the way districts have been redrawn to… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Leaves ‘Wild West’ Of Partisan Gerrymandering In Place — For Now”

June 18, 2018, 3:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.

“Is NC partisan gerrymander case up next after Supreme Court ‘punts’ on Wisconsin and Maryland?”

June 18, 2018, 3:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

McClatchy reports.

“US Supreme Court ‘Punts’ On Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case”

June 18, 2018, 2:42 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

“Three reasons to (cautiously) celebrate Supreme Court on gerrymandering”

June 18, 2018, 2:24 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Josh Douglas for CNN Opinion.

“Justice Kennedy Still Won’t Rule on Gerrymandering”

June 18, 2018, 10:07 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Justice Hamlet lives. For years, those who’d like the Supreme Court to rein in partisan gerrymanders have been teeing up cases with various theories to try to get Justice Anthony Kennedy,… Continue reading

CAC Files Brief on Behalf of Current and Former Members of Congress in Citizenship Question Census Case

June 15, 2018, 10:25 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Divided over partisan election maps, Supreme Court could learn a lesson from divided college campus”

June 14, 2018, 9:30 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Richard Wolf for USA Today.

“No bright line ruling likely on SCOTUS gerrymandering cases”

June 14, 2018, 9:18 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Barry Burden and Rob Yablon for The Hill.

Will the Pa. Supreme Court Order in the Partisan Gerrymandering Case Push Democrats Over the Top for Control of the House?

June 8, 2018, 8:18 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Harry Enten analysis with Political Wire commentary.

Texas: “Voting rights groups say a citizens commission could fix gerrymandering. It’s unlikely to happen”

June 7, 2018, 8:13 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports.

“Can State Courts Cure Partisan Gerrymandering: Lessons from League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018)”

June 6, 2018, 7:12 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Jonathan Cervas and Bernie Grofman have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018) the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a congressional plan that embodied one of the most… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Speech or Debate Case Issue Related to Pa. Gerrymandering Cases

June 4, 2018, 6:40 amredistricting, Speech or Debate Clause, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From today’s order list: 17-1368 SCARNETI, JOSEPH B. V. AGRE, LOUIS, ET AL. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Here were the questions presented in the jurisdictional statement: 1. Did the lower court err in holding that… Continue reading

Jonathan Tobin Blames Voting Rights Act, Liberal Judges for Republican Gerrymandering

June 1, 2018, 8:38 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Here at the National Review.

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