Kornacki: “How redistricting could change the fight for the House majority”
Steve Kornacki for NBC News, breaking down the impact of potential re-redistrictings in Texas and Ohio.
Category Archives: redistricting
“How Democrats might stop the Ohio GOP from gerrymandering again”
The Downballot: “Ohio must pass a new congressional map this year, but Democrats are threatening to qualify a referendum for the ballot that could stop Republicans from further gerrymandering the state’s already skewed districts.”
“Texas Republicans Look to Jam Democrats With Vote on Redistricting”
NYT: “Republicans in the Texas Legislature are planning to hold off on voting on measures to address the state’s deadly July 4 flooding until after they approve a partisan redistricting of Texas’ U.S. House boundaries, hoping to thwart Democrats’… Continue reading
“As Trump pushes Texas takeover in fight for House, Democrats plot their counterpunch”
CNN: “House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his political team have begun privately shaping a legally risky — and likely expensive — strategy to redraw House maps in several Democratic-controlled states, according to Democrats briefed on the effort. They… Continue reading
California mulls redistricting move that might invigorate Moore v. Harper
Nick’s recent partisan fairness post notes that changes to California’s congressional redistricting would require an amendment to the state constitution. That seems right to me. But it’s also not the only mechanism California is considering.
On a recent podcast,… Continue reading
“Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump’s urging, but there’s a risk”
AP:
Texas has 38 seats in the House. Republicans now hold 25 and Democrats 12, with one seat vacant after Democrat Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, died in March….
The fear of accidentally creating unsafe seats is one… Continue reading
“Ohio must draw a new congressional map. Republicans hold all the cards”
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
FL Supreme Court Upholds Congressional Districts
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
Tokaji, “Racist Voting”
My latest article, recently published in the Alabama Law Review. Here’s the abstract:
Does the Constitution protect individual voters’ freedom to cast their votes for racially discriminatory reasons? Or does it prohibit racist voting that denies a minority… Continue reading
Justice Kavanaugh Stays 8th. Cir. Ruling Denying Private Enforcement of Section 2
Washington Post reports on yesterday’s administrative stay in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe:
Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Wednesday paused a federal appeals court ruling that bars individuals in some states from filing lawsuits… Continue reading
“Newsom threatens Texas over power grab. He’s blowing smoke”
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
“Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps”
NPR:
Republicans in Congress are reviving a controversial push to alter a key set of census numbers that are used to determine how presidents and members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected.
Ratified after the Civil War, … Continue reading
Texas Democrats Consider Walkout, as Trump Presses for 5 New Republican Districts
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
Court Denies Motion to Reopen Testimony in Texas Redistricting Cases
Michael Li has today’s order from the three-judge federal district court here.