“America’s Historic Fight Over Who Deserves Representation”
Michael Li, in
Slate, on the census, citizenship, and representation.
Related: the Council on
Foreign Relations gets in on the discussion too.
Category Archives: redistricting
The long arm of Gill
Mississippi
cites Gill v. Whitford in contesting
challengers’ standing to contest the requirement that statewide
candidates win both a majority of the state and a majority of state house
districts.
And the Court’s refusal to recognize that redistricting
problems are … Continue reading
“Drawing new congressional lines won’t be easy for Democrats”
Nathan Gonzales in Roll Call counting an awful lot of chickens:
Democrats’ potential challenge in the next round of redistricting will be drawing new lines at the apex of electoral performance.
“Can a racially gerrymandered legislature amend the N.C. constitution?”
Facing South on the lawsuits
challenging the validity of amendments to the state constitution because they
were passed by a legislature elected via unlawful district lines.
Justice Kagan speaks at Georgetown Law event
Some enlightening answers on interesting questions. She’s spot-on on partisan gerrymandering. And on Spider-Man.
“The Citizenship Question Is Dead But The Fight Isn’t Over”
A preview of the points of redistricting flux in 2020
With some fascinating data on the fastest
shrinking, and fastest
growing, place in every state.
“2020 Redistricting: An Early Look”
Kyle Kondik reviews partisan
control of the process for Rasmussen.
I’ve got a summary of who’s in charge of what, with the partisan
control as of today, right here for Congress
and here for state
legislatures.
California’s citizens redistricting commission
The
application process is underway, until August 9, with stats (including the
mix of gender, region, ethnicity, and political affiliation) updated regularly here. As of last week, 5000 people have applied for
14 slots.
“Wisconsin bill to end partisan gerrymandering picks up Republican support”
The bill to respond to partisan gerrymandering in the state gets some bipartisan
support after Rucho.
And Miles Rapoport reviews some
of the efforts underway elsewhere.
Charles and Fuentes-Rohwer on Rucho
“Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again”
A clever title for a clever
piece about partisan gerrymandering, and the doctrine holding the Guarantee
Clause nonjusticiable. I’m inclined to
agree on the substance.
Redistricting using a citizenship count
Ari Berman adds his voice to discussion of the potential ahead.
“The Feds Have Helped Some Gerrymandering to Thrive”
A letter
in the WSJ claims that Eric Holder helped to lead the charge in Bethune-Hill, after
approving Virginia districts in 2011.
Consider me skeptical.
The letter appears to conflate preclearance approval (which focused on two
particular legal standards;… Continue reading