Cincinnati Enquirer: “Republicans control every aspect of the redistricting process in Ohio. They have a supermajority in the Ohio Legislature, which gets the first opportunity to draw a new congressional map. They hold five of the seven seats on… Continue reading

PBS reports on the decision rejecting a challenge to the DeSantis-backed plan, which eliminated a majority-Black district in northern Florida. Here’s the opening paragraph of today’s majority opinion in Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v. Secretary, Florida Department of… Continue reading

Mark Barabak in LAT: The fact is, voters took the power of political line-drawing away from the governor and his fellow lawmakers, for good reason, and it’s not like Newsom can unilaterally take that power back — no matter… Continue reading

NYT reports on the latest from Texas: National Democratic leaders are encouraging state Democrats in the Texas House to consider walking out of a special legislative session this month to block Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps ahead of… Continue reading

Michael Li has today’s order from the three-judge federal district court here.

Here’s the abstract to “Disaster Districts: Mid-Decade Redistricting in the Face of Climate Change,” by J. Gray Whitsett, a recent graduate of William & Mary Law School: This Note argues that judicial and legislative efforts to constrain redistricting… Continue reading