Category Archives: redistricting

Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Breyer and Alito on Key Role of 3 Judge Courts in Political Cases

November 4, 2015, 11:33 amcampaign finance, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From today’s transcript in Shapiro v. McManus: CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I mean, the other alternative is it’s a three-judge district court, and then we have to take it on the merits. I mean, that’s a serious problem because there … Continue reading

Oral Argument Transcript in #SCOTUS Shapiro v. McManus Case

November 4, 2015, 10:50 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read it here. I previewed this case (and two others the Court is hearing this term) in Supreme Court Heads Back into the Political Thicket, Orange County Lawyer, Sept. 2015.

“Attorney: Arizona voting maps don’t hurt GOP”

November 4, 2015, 6:50 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Arizona Daily Star: A Republican claim of bias in the legislative redistricting process does not stand up under scrutiny, according to an attorney for the Independent Redistricting Commission. In legal briefs filed at the U.S. Supreme Court, Mary O’Grady… Continue reading

“Voters approve issue to reform Ohio’s redistricting process”

November 3, 2015, 8:03 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: Voters overwhelmingly backed a plan to reform Ohio’s hyper-partisan process for drawing legislative districts, and supporters are already looking ahead to passing the same reforms for congressional districts next year. …The current five-member redistricting panel, which includes… Continue reading

“Offering a new standard for gerrymandering to the Supreme Court”

November 2, 2015, 3:44 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Sam Wang: Today, I filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission case (S. Ct. 14-232). The brief can be found here. In it, I argue that the Supreme Court should reject Harris’s… Continue reading

“Campaign Legal Center Brief Urges Supreme Court to Reject Challenge to Arizona Commission’s Redistricting Plan”

November 2, 2015, 9:07 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Release: Today, the Campaign Legal Center filed an amici brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission on behalf of former Justice Department attorneys in support of the Commission and its redistricting plan. The… Continue reading

“D.C. law student takes case against Md. gerrymandering to Supreme Court”

November 1, 2015, 8:31 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob Barnes for WaPo: Steve Shapiro recently pulled his first all-nighter in years. He worked until about 1 a.m. last month on an assignment for a class at American University’s Washington College of Law, where he is a first-semester 1L.… Continue reading

The Latest FL Redistricting Machinations

October 23, 2015, 1:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Senate redistricting map gets 4-3 approval but its fate remains murky Dan Webster increases heat to keep his seat, files to intervene in court case

“Let’s move beyond winner-take-all elections”

October 23, 2015, 7:37 amalternative voting systems, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Rob Richie’s contribution to WaPo Evenwel symposium.

“Va. House map constitutional, federal judges rule”

October 22, 2015, 8:49 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: A panel of three federal judges ruled Thursday that the 12 House of Delegates districts that Democrats challenged in federal court are constitutional, giving Republicans a win for now in Virginia’s fraught political map-making battle. The 2-to-1 ruling comes… Continue reading

Read Plaintiffs’ #SCOTUS Reply Brief in Evenwel

October 22, 2015, 7:58 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via the Brennan Center’s Evenwel page.

Texas Opposes Preliminary Injunction in Never-Ending Redistricting Case

October 21, 2015, 4:24 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Read it here (my earlier coverage).

Shapiro v. McManus Preview

October 19, 2015, 3:59 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Howard Wasserman at SCOTUSBlog: In Shapiro v. McManus, to be argued on Wednesday, November 4, the Court will consider the proper distribution of power in cases potentially governed by the three-judge procedure. Specifically, the Court must decide whether a… Continue reading