Category Archives: redistricting

Conference at Harvard November 8th: Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy

October 11, 2017, 2:38 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Announcement via email: On November 8, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is holding a day-long conference on “Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy”. As the Supreme Court considers the most important case on political gerrymandering in a generation,… Continue reading

“The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation”

October 11, 2017, 5:56 amalternative voting systems, redistrictingRick Hasen

Matt Yglesias for Vox.

“Of Steak Rubs and Symmetry: A Response to Justice Gorsuch”

October 10, 2017, 7:44 amguest blogging election law scholarship, redistrictingJustin Levitt

A guest post by Chris Elmendorf and Eric McGhee: During oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, the partisan gerrymandering case, Justice Gorsuch complained that the plaintiffs’ proposed test for unconstitutional gerrymanders was too much like a steak rub: “I… Continue reading

“The future of gerrymandering”

October 9, 2017, 5:23 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Dan Tokaji and Michael Morley star in a National Constitution Center podcast. Michael’s also got a Prawfs piece up on the Congressional enforcement power that may follow from a holding in Gill.

“‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race”

October 9, 2017, 5:23 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

The subhead from ProPublica: The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide. A few briefs in Gill (including one on behalf of law … Continue reading

“Dear Supremes, Stay Out of the Gerrymandering Business”

October 9, 2017, 5:15 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Over at National Review, Jay Cost asks the Court to leave redress of gerrymandering to the political process. When the cause of action is a complaint that adherents of a plausible majority party have been intentionally and durably prevented… Continue reading

Notorious RBG holds forth on partisan gerrymandering, among other things

October 8, 2017, 1:15 pmelection law "humor", redistrictingJustin Levitt

Or, at least, the Kate McKinnon SNL version did. “That’s not a district, that’s a tapeworm.” Looking forward to more Ginsburns in the future.

NAACP sues Commerce Dept for 2020 Census records

October 8, 2017, 1:12 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Missed this on Thursday: The NAACP has filed a FOIA case to get records about preparations for the 2020 Census.

“Political Road Map: How California went from worst to first in drawing fair political maps”

October 8, 2017, 1:08 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

John Myers for the LA Times, with a little history.

Even more on Gill

October 8, 2017, 1:08 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Asher Steinberg blogs up a storm. And the Detroit Free Press highlights Eric Lander’s brief and the role of science.

“The Democrats’ Gerrymandering Obsession”

October 7, 2017, 2:12 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

It’s a day full of would-be reminders for Democrats, for some reason. Jeff Greenfield points out that Democrats have lost races for reasons other than gerrymandering. I’m not sure anyone disagrees.

More on Gill

October 7, 2017, 2:12 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

This is yet another article attempting to explain Gill away by saying that the cause of the gerrymandering problem is natural concentration of Democrats in urban areas. The challenge in Gill, of course, is limited to those plans in which… Continue reading

Gill and amici

October 7, 2017, 2:11 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case had, by far, most amicus briefs of any SCOTUS case since 2013. https://t.co/VyJCBUVGqL #fairmaps pic.twitter.com/Bi7Eys9XvD — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 7, 2017

“Gerrymandering and ‘gobbledygook’”

October 7, 2017, 2:10 pmelection administration, redistrictingJustin Levitt

I had the chance to speak yesterday with the Daily Journal’s Weekly Appellate Report podcast, about Gill and also a bunch of other stuff. For your consideration…