Category Archives: redistricting

Pennsylvania Republicans Hint at U.S. Supreme Court Appeal in State Gerrymandering Case

January 17, 2018, 8:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case arguing that Pennsylvania’s congressional districts violate the state Constitution. Ordinarily a ruling on state constitutional grounds cannot be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, because there are no federal… Continue reading

“Don’t ‘reward gamesmanship and obstinacy,’ NC gerrymander challengers say”

January 17, 2018, 8:38 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

News and Observer: Attorneys representing voters who successfully challenged North Carolina’s congressional districts as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders are protesting lawmakers’ attempt to use the election maps again this year. U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts had given attorneys until noon… Continue reading

“Rutgers law expert: 3 ways to make every vote count”

January 17, 2018, 1:54 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Frank Askin oped: There is an important political campaign being waged all across the country with relatively little publicity, but potentially enormous consequences, over the issue of legislative gerrymandering.

Updated: Read the Opposition to SCOTUS Stay Request in North Carolina Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering Case

January 17, 2018, 11:00 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read it here. A snippet: [Update: Here is a second opposition to the stay request.]

“Pennsylvania Could Be On The Verge Of Dealing Partisan Gerrymandering A Big Blow”

January 17, 2018, 7:57 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Sam Levine for HuffPo: Pennsylvania’s highest court could be on the verge of setting unprecedented limits on how much politicians can redraw electoral districts to their party’s advantage, a decision that would have profound legal and political consequences both in… Continue reading

“Adventures in Extreme Gerrymandering: See the Fair and Wildly Unfair Maps We Made for Pennsylvania”

January 17, 2018, 7:37 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT’s The Upshot: This week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether the state’s harshly gerrymandered congressional map violates the state’s constitution. The case is happening early enough in the year that the court could order a redrawn map ahead… Continue reading

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Democratic Party Petition Raising Partisan Gerrymandering Case, After Agreeing to Hear Texas Appeal on Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering Issues

January 16, 2018, 7:45 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I noted on Friday the Supreme Court’s order to hear two Texas redistricting appeals raising claims under the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution (including racially discriminatory intent and racial gerrymandering claims). I also noted that the Court did not… Continue reading

“A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps”

January 15, 2018, 8:22 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column.

“On Partisan Gerrymandering, What’s Up?”

January 15, 2018, 8:17 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Jost on Justice.

“The Supreme Court takes on two redistricting cases from Texas”

January 15, 2018, 6:23 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Steven Mazie for The Economist.

Roundup of Stories on SCOTUS Decision to Hear Texas Redistricting Cases

January 15, 2018, 6:22 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here.

“Will the Court Kill the Gerrymander?”

January 12, 2018, 1:36 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Zachary Roth for the NYRB.

Analysis: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear (Part of) Texas Redistricting Cases, But Not Partisan Gerrymandering; What Does It Mean, and What About North Carolina?

January 12, 2018, 1:13 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

As expected, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear both the state and congressional Texas redistricting cases, consolidating them, postponing a decision on jurisdiction (more on that below), and likely (but not certainly) setting them up for argument in… Continue reading

Likely Coming Friday: A Supreme Court Order to Hear the Texas Redistricting Cases

January 11, 2018, 8:35 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Tomorrow is one of the last opportunities for the Supreme Court to set cases to be argued this term, which ends in late June. Last week during its private conference the Court considered whether or not to hear the state… Continue reading