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Bob Barnes deep dive on how the Wisconsin gerrrymander came to be.
Category Archives: redistricting
Three Judge Court Severely Criticizes NC for Racial Gerrymander, and Explains Earlier Decision Not to Order Special Election
Back in July, after the Supreme Court stopped a special election for legislative districts in North Carolina after a finding of a racial gerrymander, and ordered a three-judge court to reconsider the issue, the three-judge court on remand decided… Continue reading
“Time to Protect Our Democracy; Anthony Kennedy should follow Byron White’s guidance and strike down partisan gerrymandering.”
Palma Joy Strand, who worked with Justice White as a clerk on Davis v. Bandemer, has written this piece for Slate.
Wisconsin Files Its SCOTUS Reply Brief in Partisan Gerrymandering Case
“Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?”
Eric McGhee and Bors Shor in Perspectives on Politics:
Party polarization is perhaps the most significant political trend of the past several decades of American politics. Many observers have pinned hopes on institutional reforms to reinvigorate the political center. The… Continue reading
I Talked SCOTUS, Gerrymandering, Voting Rights, and Pence-Kobach with Dahlia Lithwick on Slate’s Amicus
Great to join Dahlia on the first new podcast of the term.
Listen.
Lyle Denniston on SCOTUS Decision Not to Rush Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Lyle:
The Maryland case has some of its own vulnerabilities, and those might have played some role in the Supreme Court’s decision to sidetrack it for the time being. The Benisek case has yet to go to a trial, reaching… Continue reading
Supreme Court Won’t Hurry Consideration of Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Kimberly Robinson with the order.
I linked to the jurisdictional statement here.
I expect this means that the Maryland case, like the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case, will be held for resolution of Gill v. Whitford, and then sent back… Continue reading
“The Missing Link in Gerrymandering Jurisprudence”
Ned Foley on Whitford:
Thus, this new computer-assisted statistical approach can be used to identify what the constitutional principle was looking for: an egregious partisan gerrymander. Strictly defined, and precisely measured, an egregious partisan gerrymander is one that is identified… Continue reading
Maryland Challengers to Partisan Gerrymandering Seek Supreme Court Review
Jurisdictional statement in Benisek v. Lamone:
This case is a First Amendment challenge to the partisan gerrymander of a single federal congressional district. Plaintiffs allege that state officials responsible for Maryland’s 2011 congressional redistricting plan targeted them for vote dilution… Continue reading
Three Judge Court Explains Why NC Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering Case Will Go Forward Despite Whitford
Opinion rejecting request for stay pending resolution of the Whitford partisan gerrymandering case at SCOTUS.
Oops Dept: “Two NC Republicans say they accidentally asked the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering”
News and Observer:
Two of the three North Carolina lawmakers who had joined with prominent national politicians to oppose gerrymandering have now backtracked, saying they didn’t mean to add their names on an anti-gerrymandering letter sent to the Supreme Court.… Continue reading
League of Women Voters Amicus in Whitford
Another amicus supporting the challengers.
“A Vote Is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
WNYC:
Breitbart was the Senate Democrats’ point man for redistricting. But though he grew up in a Democratic household and still identifies with its values, he’s not exactly fond of his native political party.
“Legislative redistricting in New York isn’t… Continue reading