A post from Jordan Ellenberg, in the weekend NYT. FWIW, I’m hardly a Luddite, but I’m a little skeptical of the gerrymandering-and-technology story, at least in its strongest form.  It is unquestionably true that technology has democratized both gerrymandering… Continue reading

Politifact says otherwise.

Mike Parsons on an exchange prompted by Justice Sotomayor. Rick Esenberg says the court should just stay out entirely. CNN talks about the cameras that weren’t inside. And Eric McGhee, who claims the much-discussed “efficiency gap” as his own, blogs … Continue reading

This op-ed about politicians actually takes off from Chief Justice Roberts’ “gobbledygook” quote in Gill.  I also had a strong reaction to the “fake folksiness.”  (It’s immune to Benadryl.)

Dave Daley in the New Yorker.