Category Archives: redistricting

North Carolina State Court Will Not Redraw Congressional Districts for 2020: Did the Judges Bluff Their Way into Getting a Lessened Partisan Gerrymander?

December 2, 2019, 11:12 amredistrictingRick Hasen

I explore the implications in this thread, ending with the question whether the North Carolina Supreme Court will get involved to reverse despite the timing issue: Breaking A North Carolina state court has refused to grant relief to those challenging… Continue reading

“Judge: Michigan GOP redistricting challenges unlikely to succeed”; 46-Page Opinion Available

November 25, 2019, 6:20 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News: Groups hoping to upend Michigan’s new redistricting commission faced a setback as a judge said they weren’t likely to succeed in arguing the commission violated their constitutional rights.U.S. District Court Judge Janet Neff denied the Republican groups’ push… Continue reading

Three-Judge North Carolina State Court Delays Congressional Filing Period in State as It Considers Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge

November 20, 2019, 5:48 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Hearing is set for December 2 (which would have been the filing deadline), per the court’s order (h/t Melissa Boughton).

Will North Carolina State Court Have Nate Persily Draw New Congressional Districts for the State after NCGA Redrew Maps to Create Slightly Less Egregious Partisan Gerrymander?

November 20, 2019, 6:57 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The issue is teed up for the court: Dueling motions in 3-judge state court Harper v Lewis #ncpol US House redistricting case: defendants ask summary judgement, and for case be dismissed as moot after new plan enacted: https://t.co/uep4IIjE5u / plaintiffs… Continue reading

“The Signature of Gerrymandering in Rucho v. Common Cause”

November 20, 2019, 6:51 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Andrew Chin, Gregory Herschlag, and Jonathan Mattingly have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, South Carolina Law Review). Here is the abstract: In recent years, the U.S. mathematical community has been directing unprecedented attention to the problem of partisan gerrymandering,… Continue reading

“North Carolina lawmakers OK new 2020 congressional maps. Now it’s up to the courts.”

November 15, 2019, 4:08 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer: The Republican-led North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional district map Friday to be used in 2020 that is likely to shrink the GOP’s edge in the state’s congressional delegation.But Democrats plan to challenge the map in… Continue reading

“Democrats could pick up seats in Congress under proposed North Carolina map”

November 15, 2019, 8:17 amredistrictingRick Hasen

News & Observer: The new map that started advancing on Thursday would likely have an 8-5 Republican advantage. U.S. Rep. GK Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat, said Democrats have little chance of winning a sixth seat.“To have a fair map we… Continue reading

Scott Walker Falsely Claims Democrats Won in Virginia Because of a Gerrymander

November 12, 2019, 8:53 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Walker: Tag team to counter @EricHolder is in the courts/data with @TheNRRT and in state elections with @RSLC Republicans need to wake up or Democrats will gerrymander themselves into power all across America – like they did in VA.… Continue reading

“Emails Show Trump Officials Consulted With GOP Strategist On Citizenship Question”

November 12, 2019, 12:53 pmcensus litigation, redistrictingRick Hasen

NPR: A prominent GOP redistricting strategist had direct communication with an adviser to the Trump administration concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, newly released emails show….The administration’s now-former adviser on census issues, Mark Neuman, however,… Continue reading

“Redistricting activists brace for wall of inaction as battle moves to states”

November 12, 2019, 7:17 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: In North Carolina, lawmakers have been forced back to the drawing board yet again after a state court ruled last month that the current congressional map was drawn illegally along partisan lines.It’s the latest judicial rebuke of gerrymandering in… Continue reading

“New York Law School Launches New York Census and Redistricting Institute Ahead of Critical 2020 Census and State and City Redistricting”

November 11, 2019, 11:57 amcensus litigation, redistrictingRick Hasen

Release.

Mississippi: “Black Democrat Wins in Redrawn District After Racial Gerrymander Case”

November 8, 2019, 7:42 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Jackson Free Press: Even as Republicans swept statewide offices in Mississippi on Tuesday night, Joseph Thomas, an African American Democrat in a district that stretches across six counties, narrowly flipped a GOP-held Senate seat. Earlier this year, a federal court… Continue reading

Ghost of Tom Hofeller: Republican Legislator Keeps Leaving North Carolina Legislative Meeting for Secret Consultations in Redrawing the State’s Congressional Districts Under Threat of Court Order

November 7, 2019, 1:00 pmchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Daniel Jacobson: https://twitter.com/Dan_F_Jacobson/status/1192515607427723265

As Democrats Take Unified Control of Virginia State Government, Will They Kill Redistricting Reform?

November 5, 2019, 7:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Michael Li: So far Ds have won the Virginia state senate & (for now) appear to have a good chance of winning the state house as well – thanks to a redrawing of the map. That’ll give them a trifecta… Continue reading

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