Category Archives: redistricting
“Judge mocks New York Democrats’ redistricting ‘Hail Mary’ case”
Politico:
A federal judge Wednesday denied Democrats a request for an emergency injunction to have New York use Democratic-drawn district lines for congressional elections.Then the judge proceeded to relentlessly mock every aspect of their request.The case stems from the… Continue reading
The Conservative Case for Proportional Representation
In the wake of New York’s redistricting decision this week, Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen urges Congress to reach a bipartisan agreement to end gerrymandering and offers three ways to do that. All three deserve attention, and I suspect that… Continue reading
Breaking: New York’s Highest Court, on 4-3 Vote, Strikes Down State’s Congressional Districting as Violating the State Constitution Because It Was Enacted with Partisan Intent; Special Master Will Draw the Lines
You can find the majority opinion and partial dissents at this link.
“This year’s House battlefield is almost locked in. The next decade is still wide open.”
Politico:
The midterm House map is nearly complete. Six months before Election Day, just a few straggling states are waiting to finalize their lines and a handful of court cases challenging new lines are outstanding.Several of the legal cases… Continue reading
“Redistricting legal challenge could present ‘a real mess’ for New York voters”
Breaking: New York Appellate Court Holds NY’s Congressional Redistricting is a Partisan Gerrymander Violating the State Constitution, Gives Legislature Until April 30 to Draw a New Map
You can find the ruling at this link.
The ruling can still be appealed to NY’s highest appellate court.
Anyone expect Democrats to raise the independent state legislature doctrine, arguing that the NY legislature can draw whatever maps it wants… Continue reading
Florida: “DeSantis-sanctioned congressional map passes after Black lawmaker sit in”
WaPo:
The Florida House gave final passage to a new congressional map blessed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) that favors Republicans in as many as four U.S. House seats and erases a seat held by a Black Democrat following… Continue reading
The “primary” link between two seemingly different stories
Earlier this morning I blogged about the institutional structure that caused McCarthy and McConnell to cave in response to pressure from their Trump-supporting GOP base. Superficially, one might think that yesterday’s news about the federal court’s decision regarding Ohio’s redistricting… Continue reading
Breaking: Three-Judge Federal Court, Dividing on Party Lines, Allows Ohio to Use Partisan Gerrymandered Map Helping Republicans in Upcoming State Legislative Elections that Ohio Supreme Court Said Was Unconstitutional
You can find the majority opinion by Judge Thapar and the dissent by Judge Marbley at this link.
The dissent seems correct that this case has created perverse incentives for Ohio Republicans to run out the clock to… Continue reading
“A standard for fair seat proportions in our winner-take-all system”
The following is a guest post from Jeff Barton:
When considering a district map, the term “partisan advantage” as introduced by Jon Eguia and advocated by Alec Ramsay refers to the difference between a party’s ideal and actual seat… Continue reading
“Explainer: Wisconsin’s New State Legislative Maps Compare Unfavorably to Other Court-Adopted Maps on Partisan Equity”
Rob Yablon blogs.
“Democrats’ redistricting gains hit a roadblock: The Supreme Court”
WaPo:
Wisconsin Democrats thought they had won the redistricting war. They took over the governor’s office, competed in and won state judicial races and filed lawsuits as early as they could, determined to prevent another cycle of Republican-leaning maps.… Continue reading
“DeSantis draws congressional map that would dramatically expand GOP’s edge in Florida”
NBC News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a new congressional map that would create four more Republican-leaning districts and wipe out Democrats’ national redistricting advantage.The map — which would carve up a Black-held district — was released Wednesday… Continue reading