Category Archives: redistricting

John Gore Behind DOJ Letter Urging Census Department to Add Citizenship Question to Census Survey

March 8, 2018, 9:39 amredistrictingRick Hasen

ProPublica: In December, the Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau add a question to the 2020 survey that would ask respondents to reveal whether or not they are U.S. citizens. Since ProPublica first reported the DOJ’s letter, civil… Continue reading

Pa Legislative Challengers in Congressional Redistricting Case File Reply with Supreme Court

March 6, 2018, 1:58 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read it here. Justice Alito or the Court could rule at any time. I’d expect something in the next few days.

More Briefs Filed at SCOTUS in Pa Congressional Redistricting Case

March 5, 2018, 8:08 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here they are, courtesy of the SCOTUS website: Response to application from respondents League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, et al. filed. Main Document Proof of Service Mar 05 2018 Response to application from respondents Governor Thomas W. Wolf, et… Continue reading

Neal Katyal Files Brief at SCOTUS for Pa. Governor Wolf Opposing Stay in Partisan Gerrymandering Case

March 5, 2018, 1:18 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

“New Districts In 2018 Unlikely As SCOTUS Continues To Weigh Wisconsin Gerrymandering Lawsuit”

March 5, 2018, 12:44 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WPR reports.

Big Week Ahead in Pennsylvania Congressional Redistricting Litigation

March 5, 2018, 6:56 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Today at 3, supporters of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court order curing the partisan gerrymander in the state’s congressional districts will file their opposition to the Pa. Republican legislators emergency motion with Justice Alito to stay the Pa court order. That… Continue reading

“Republican lawmakers return to court on Pennsylvania redistricting”

February 28, 2018, 7:31 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Amy Howe: Less than three weeks ago, the Supreme Court declined to get involved in a partisan-gerrymandering challenge to Pennsylvania’s federal congressional maps. Today that state’s Republican lawmakers returned to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to block what… Continue reading

On 4-3 Vote, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Stay in Congressional Redistricting Case, Moving Question to U.S. Supreme Court’s Justice Alito

February 27, 2018, 12:36 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here is the order of the PA Supreme Court. There had been a delay in Justice Alito getting the petition, and apparently it was the wait for this formality to occur. (The PA legislative leaders issued incorrect information that the… Continue reading

“Democrats Did Better Than on Hundreds of Simulated Pennsylvania Maps”

February 26, 2018, 7:37 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT’s The UpShot: The strong Democratic showing compared with Mr. Chen’s simulations doesn’t necessarily indicate that the map is a Democratic gerrymander. For one, the simulations aren’t perfect. And they aren’t necessarily representative of realistic partisan-blind maps. To take a… Continue reading

“Trump Endorses G.O.P. Fight to Keep Gerrymandered Congressional Map”

February 25, 2018, 9:40 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump added his voice on Saturday to the continued conservative outcry over the court-ordered redistricting of the Pennsylvania congressional map, calling the decision “very unfair to Republicans and to our country.” “Democrat judges have totally redrawn election lines… Continue reading

“Redistricting battles heighten the stakes for 2018 gubernatorial races”

February 25, 2018, 9:33 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Dan Balz: Democrats talk about the years since 2010 as the Lost Decade, a time when a generation of future leaders was wiped out by a pair of devastating midterm elections and the absence of a strategic plan to recoup… Continue reading

Three-Judge Federal District Court in Pa Congressional Redistricting Case Sets Expedited Schedule for Briefing on Preliminary Injunction Request

February 23, 2018, 2:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The court denied a temporary restraining order to prevent the use of the new district lines, holding that the matter “is not so exigent as to justify the issuance of temporary injunctive relief in light of the court’s willingness… Continue reading

Three Judge Court (All Republican Appointees) Chosen to Hear Pennsylvania Partisan Redistricting Case: Will Party of the Judges Matter?

February 23, 2018, 9:50 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Yesterday I wrote about the new federal lawsuit being brought against the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s partisan gerrymandering remedy for state congressional redistricts. I explained why this is such a long shot. I noted then that the challengers sought a… Continue reading