You can find the 357-page unanimous ruling at this link. Given the state Supreme Court has a 6-1 Democratic majority (including now Justice Anita Earls), this ruling could well be upheld on appeal. This is a huge development that… Continue reading

The Hill: Former President Obama on Monday announced a new initiative in a campaign to combat partisan gerrymandering. “Training is at the heart of organizing. It’s why I’ve always made it a priority – from my 2008 campaign until now,”… Continue reading

Josh Douglas WaPo oped: The Supreme Court ruled in June that federal courts are closed to claims of partisan gerrymandering. But never fear, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority: “numerous [states] are restricting partisan considerations… Continue reading

Detroit News story. Complaint. (My coverage of the first lawsuit.)

Ars Technica reports.

Michael McDonald has written this article for the Yale Law Journal Forum. Here is the abstract: Scholars have proposed more than one hundred measures of district compactness to analyze legislative maps, but each of these measures lacks a critical threshold… Continue reading

The Democratic governor and AG versus the Republican-dominated North Carolina General Assembly.

Read it here (via Melissa Boughton).

Leah Litman for Slate.

Detroit News: Republicans are suing to stop Michigan’s new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” and discriminates against participants based on political service or family ties.The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning with the… Continue reading