Three Judge Court Explains Why NC Congressional Partisan Gerrymandering Case Will Go Forward Despite Whitford
Opinion rejecting request for stay pending resolution of the Whitford partisan gerrymandering case at SCOTUS.
Category Archives: redistricting
Oops Dept: “Two NC Republicans say they accidentally asked the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering”
News and Observer:
Two of the three North Carolina lawmakers who had joined with prominent national politicians to oppose gerrymandering have now backtracked, saying they didn’t mean to add their names on an anti-gerrymandering letter sent to the Supreme Court.… Continue reading
League of Women Voters Amicus in Whitford
Another amicus supporting the challengers.
“A Vote Is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
WNYC:
Breitbart was the Senate Democrats’ point man for redistricting. But though he grew up in a Democratic household and still identifies with its values, he’s not exactly fond of his native political party.
“Legislative redistricting in New York isn’t… Continue reading
Issacharoff and Grossman: ACLU: Partisan Gerrymandering Undermines the Integrity of Elections, Violates Right to Cast a Meaningful Ballot
The following is a guest post from Sam Issacharoff and Perry Grossman who worked on this amicus brief in the Whitford case:
In his concurrence in Vieth v. Jubilirer, Justice Kennedy suggested that the First Amendment provides a “sounder and… Continue reading
“What is Extreme Gerrymandering? Understanding how extreme partisan gerrymandering works.”
Michael Li and Alexis Farmer for the Brennan Center.
“Republicans split over gerrymandering case headed to Supreme Court”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
A long list of prominent Republicans is urging the Supreme Court to find that extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, saying the practice of drawing electoral lines to benefit one party or another is detrimental to democracy.… Continue reading
“Prominent Republicans Urge Supreme Court to End Gerrymandering”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
Breaking ranks with many of their fellow Republicans, a group of prominent politicians filed briefs on Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to rule that extreme political gerrymandering — the drawing of voting districts to give… Continue reading
“Reapportionment, Nonapportionment, and Recovering Some Lost History of One-Person, One Vote”
Pam Karlan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, William and Mary Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Constitution requires a decennial “Enumeration” of the U.S. population, following which seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the… Continue reading
Lots of Amicus Briefs in Gill v. Whitford, the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Via the Brennan Center, here are a number of interesting amicus briefs filed today supporting the challengers to Wisconsin’s redistricting (there are still more briefs coming—update: more posted here):
Heather K. Gerken, Jonathan N. Katz, Gary King, Larry … Continue reading
Plaintiffs File #SCOTUS Opposition to Texas Stay Request in Congressional Redistricting Case
ELB Podcast Episode 18. Eric McGhee and Nick Stephanopoulos: Whitford, the Efficiency Gap, and the Future of Partisan Gerrymandering
Is the Supreme Court ready to finally rein in partisan gerrymandering? Can social science give us a manageable standard to decide when there’s too much politics in redistricting? Is the “efficiency gap” Justice Kennedy’s holy grail?
On Episode 18 of… Continue reading
Sam Wang: A Manageable Federalist Approach to Partisan Gerrymandering
The following is a guest post from Sam Wang:
Next month, the Supreme Court will hear Gill v. Whitford, concerning a partisan gerrymander of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Can the Court set a standard to limit this offense without opening… Continue reading
“David Daley: Sen. Flake is right about dangers of gerrymandering Congressional districts”
Arizona Daily Star oped:
What’s gone less noticed, however, is that Flake – and a growing chorus of Republicans – have begun calling for reform of the very mechanism that helped give rise to Trump and ensured the Republican dominance… Continue reading