“How Does the Gerrymandering Arms Race End?”
Alex Keena, Michael Latner, and Natasha Romero Moskala write at the Substack of the Houston Institute for Race & Justice.
Category Archives: redistricting
Should Representative Ronny Jackson’s Lawyers Be Sanctioned for Filing a Frivolous Federal Lawsuit Attacking California’s Proposed Ballot Measure Redrawing Congressional Districts?
This ridiculous complaint went nowhere even before federal district judge Matthew Kascmaryk given that Rep. Jackson could not prove irreparable harm before the ballot measure even passes and given that Jackson failed to give notice to the other side. Here’s… Continue reading
Amicus Brief on the Fifteenth Amendment in Louisiana v. Callais
Another ELB contributor has entered the Callais fray. Today, I filed an amicus brief in support of the Robinson appellants in this fall’s blockbuster voting rights case, Louisiana v. Callais. You can find my amicus brief here. Thanks to… Continue reading
“The Hidden Cause (and Higher Stakes) of the Gerrymandering Crisis”
Michael Parsons and Kevin Johnson in The Fulcrum:
The gerrymandering wars have laid bare the unique Achilles’ heel at the heart of our structural dysfunction: We give partisan institutions immense power over the rules of elections. No other peer … Continue reading
“The gerrymandering battle has a historical precedent. It’s a warning we should heed.”
Alex Keyssar oped in The Boston Globe:
The framers of the Constitution — assembling in 1787, a time when political parties did not exist — chose to leave it to the state Legislatures to decide how to select presidential electors.… Continue reading
Announcing the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Fall Lineup of Events and Webinars, Focused on the Fairness and Integrity of the 2026 Midterms
The Risk of Federal Interference in the 2026 Midterm Elections
Tuesday, September 16, 12:15pm-1:15pm PT, Webinar
Register here.
Ben Haiman, UVA Center for Public Safety and Justice, Liz Howard, NYU Law Brennan Center for Justice, and Stephen Richer, Ash Center for Democratic Governance… Continue reading
“Democrats face an increasingly frustrated base over redistricting”
Politico:
Democrats are scrambling to keep their nascent crusade against President Donald Trump’s national redistricting push from fizzling out.
House Democrats are considering establishing an organization to raise and spend for their remapping efforts as they look to counter an… Continue reading
“Redistricting Push Creates Chaos for Incumbents in Both Parties”
NYT:
When President Trump set out to force a gerrymander in Texas that would help Republicans keep control of the closely divided House, he argued it was a simple matter of fairness.
“We are entitled to five more seats,” the… Continue reading
“If Redistricting Goes as Expected, Which Party Will Come Out Ahead?”
Nate Cohn for the NYT:
The next phase of the redistricting war is starting to come into focus.
Indiana, Missouri, Ohio and perhaps Florida — all Republican-controlled states — seem likely to join Texas and California in attempting to redraw… Continue reading
I Spoke with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate Amicus Podcast on the Risks to the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court and the Emerging Redistricting Wars
Slate Plus listeners can find the podcast here.
“Millions of dollars in special-election redistricting TV ads scheduled to start airing Tuesday”
LA Times:
Millions of dollars worth of political TV ads are expected to start airing Tuesday in an effort to sway Californians on a November ballot measure seeking to send more Democrats to Congress and counter President Trump and the… Continue reading
Missouri: “Kehoe calls lawmakers to redraw congressional map, make it harder to amend constitution”
St. Louis Post Dispatch:
After weeks of internal talks and a pressure campaign by President Donald Trump, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday called lawmakers into a special session beginning next week to redraw the state’s congressional maps.
With a… Continue reading
“Abbott Signs Gerrymandered Map as Texas G.O.P. Moves Further Right”
NYT:
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law on Friday a newly gerrymandered map for Texas’ U.S. House districts, openly declaring that the state’s congressional delegation would soon be more Republican.
The redistricting push has triggered a scramble in… Continue reading
“Utah to proceed with redrawing map that could help Dems, despite pressure from Trump”
WaPo:
Republican leaders of the Utah Legislature said Thursday they would follow a court order to redraw the state’s congressional map — which could help Democrats — even as President Donald Trump pressures them to shut the opposition party out.… Continue reading