Category Archives: redistricting

“Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander”

February 11, 2017, 6:26 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

New blog post at the Library of Congress: Gerrymandering is a current political topic today; as always, it is usually initiated by the incumbents to retain or increase their power. When gerrymandering is taught in U.S. history classes, it is… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court will examine partisan gerrymandering in 2017. That could change the voting map.”

February 10, 2017, 7:53 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bernie Grofman at The Monkey Cage (and to be clear, the Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear any case raising these issues): If, in 2017, the court does not specify a manageable standard for identifying unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering,… Continue reading

“Legal challenges leave future NC elections in limbo”

February 7, 2017, 2:25 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Carolina Public Press reports.

“Race or Party, Party as Race, or Party All the Time: Three Uneasy Approaches to Conjoined Polarization In Redistricting and Voting Cases”

February 7, 2017, 7:30 ampolitical polarization, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN, for the forthcoming symposium on Redistricting after 2020 at William and Mary. I think this piece brings together a lot of my thinking (and others’ thinking) on the “race or party” question… Continue reading

“We have a standard for judging partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court should use it.”

February 2, 2017, 7:03 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena for The Monkey Cage: In our book, we show that the partisan symmetry standard can be logically derived from the equal treatment of individual voters, based on recent results in social choice theory. In… Continue reading

Wisconsin Going to Spend Big Bucks for Outside Counsel to Defend at #SCOTUS Against Partisan Gerrymandering Claim

February 1, 2017, 5:22 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Patrick Marley.

“Republican redistricting is taking a beating in the courts, right now”

January 28, 2017, 11:15 amredistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Breaking: Three-Judge Court Issues Order on Remedy in WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case, Teeing Up Issue for #SCOTUS Review

January 27, 2017, 9:46 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The three-judge court considering the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, Whitford v. Nichols, has issued this remedial order in the Wisconsin gerrymandering case. It requires the Wisconsin legislature to pass a new plan remedying the partisan gerrymandering found by the court… Continue reading

No Word from Supreme Court in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case

January 23, 2017, 7:16 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Today’s Court orders contain no order related to North Carolina v. Covington, one of the North Carolina racial gerrymandering cases (and the case involving the special election for 2017 ordered by the district court and put on hold by the… Continue reading

In Opinion by #SCOTUS Shortlister J. Pryor, Court Strikes 12 Alabama Districts as Racial Gerrymanders, Partial Dissent by Judge Thompson

January 20, 2017, 12:34 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In a 457 page opinion (including appendices) by Trump #SCOTUS shortlister William Pryor, a three-judge federal district court in the Alabama racial gerrymandering case has struck down 12 challenged Alabama districts as unconstitutional. Judge Myron Thompson, in a separate 120-page … Continue reading

#SCOTUS Does Not Act Yet in TX or NC Election Cases

January 19, 2017, 8:13 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Although the Court granted cert. in two cases today, no word yet on the Texas redistricting case (now up at three conferences) or the North Carolina racial gerrymandering case. There was a chance the Court could have acted on… Continue reading

“Redistricting Reform: Mapping Our Future”

January 17, 2017, 12:14 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

March 2-3 redistricting conference at Duke.

“Democrats already are trying to get out the vote for 2020”

January 15, 2017, 8:37 amredistricting, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN: Even before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, top Democrats — including President Barack Obama — are already launching efforts to reshape the electoral landscape. Faced with a stinging loss at the polls, a conservative-leaning Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Eric Holder to Lead Democrats’ Attack on Republican Gerrymandering”

January 11, 2017, 4:34 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Holder said his initiative would unfold on three fronts: In court, where Democrats will challenge Republican-drawn maps they see as violating the law; on the campaign trail, where they will seek to win offices that influence redistricting; and… Continue reading