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Rick Pildes: What Do Voters Think Independent Redistricting Commissions Should Do? (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Rick Pildes, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Now that the Supreme Court’s decision means that limits on partisan gerrymandering will have to come from venues such as… Continue reading
Keith Gaddie: After Rucho: Fifty Thickets (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Keith Gaddie, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Felix Frankfurter called redistricting a “political thicket” which the federal courts would do well to avoid. And, when the court did… Continue reading
Tam Cho: For Partisan Gerrymandering, an Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Wendy Tam Cho, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
We have
been focused for some time on the Supreme Court’s role in regulating partisan
gerrymandering. Now that we… Continue reading
All’s Well That Ends Well, or All’s Well That Evenwel? How the Commerce Department May Still Help States to Draw Districts with Equal Numbers of Voter Eligible Persons to Minimize Hispanic (and Democratic) Voting Strength
It is undeniably good news that the Trump Administration decided to abandon the citizenship question in the face of evidence that it would depress turnout especially among those with noncitizens in a household and in light of the Supreme… Continue reading
Sam Issacharoff: When Constraint Fails (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Sam Issacharoff, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
The
33-year search for judicial standards in partisan gerrymandering cases came to
a crashing conclusion this Term. As
Justice Kagan… Continue reading
Franita Tolson: Taking the Elections Clause Seriously after Rucho v. Common Cause (Rucho symposium)
The following is a guest post from Franita Tolson, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
In Rucho v.
Common Cause, the Supreme Court held that a partisan
gerrymandering claim presented a nonjusticiable political question… Continue reading
Bruce Cain: Back to Institutional Basics (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Bruce Cain, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Given all the various ways that the Republicans have gamed
election rules in recent years to stay in power, I… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos: The Denouement of Kennedy’s Retirement (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Nick Stephanopoulos, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Both gerrymandering cases the Court decided this term—Rucho v. Common Cause out of North
Carolina, and Lamone v. Benisek out… Continue reading
Deborah Hellman: Partisan Gerrymandering and Campaign Finance: An interesting relationship (Rucho symposium)
The following is a guest post from Deborah Hellman, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Last week’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause rests
on the claim that the Supreme Court cannot determine when districting… Continue reading
“‘Hide the evidence’: New Texas law may help GOP keep secrets about its redistricting strategy”
Dallas Morning News:
Texas has passed a new law that lets lawmakers conceal their emails and other communications from public scrutiny, as they prepare to redraw the state’s voting maps.The law’s Republican authors, North Texas’ Rep. Charlie Geren and… Continue reading
Joey Fishkin: Rucho: A Sinkhole Dangerously Close to the House (Rucho symposium)
The following is a guest post from Joey Fishkin, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
When I teach Rucho,
I expect it will pair well with Colegrove
v. Green, the long-overruled 1946 case in which… Continue reading
Ned Foley: Blame the Constitution, Not the Court (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Ned Foley, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Partisan
gerrymandering should be unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has ruled otherwise.
Anger
at Chief Justice Roberts for this 5-4… Continue reading