Category Archives: redistricting
Breaking: Three Judge Court, Breaking Along Party Lines, Says Louisiana Impermissibly Created a Second Black Congressional District, Orders Hearing on Remedy
Faced with a likely successful lawsuit by minority plaintiffs under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Louisiana legislature drew a second black majority congressional district. After the districts were drawn, those who did not like Louisiana having a… Continue reading
“Fierce Races Loom With Wisconsin’s New Political Maps”
NYT:
The state’s residents have long been a close mix of Democrats and Republicans, which makes Wisconsin a crucial swing state in presidential elections and means statewide races are often fiercely contested. The reshaping of the maps is expected to… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Revive Washington State Voting Map Said to Hurt Hispanics”
NYT:
The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to reinstate a voting map for the Washington State Legislature that a federal judge had found discriminated against Hispanic voters.
As is the court’s custom when it acts on emergency applications, its brief… Continue reading
“The fight to flip the House just got harder for Dems. And they have New York to blame.”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
Republicans eked out a narrow win in the 2024 redistricting wars, gaining a single seat before the general election.
While there’s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this… Continue reading
New OMB race/ethnicity categories
Justin here. This is a really big deal: the federal government’s got new standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity.
The Office of Management and Budget has a sneak preview today of tomorrow’s update of “Statistical Policy Directive No.… Continue reading
“South Carolina latest state to use congressional map deemed illegal”
Patrick Marley for WaPo:
In a scenario that has played out in three states in recent years, a federal court ruled Thursday that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in South Carolina and that the state… Continue reading
“Federal court rejects congressional redistricting challenge as state lawsuit awaits Florida Supreme Court”
The Tributary:
A three-judge federal panel unanimously upheld a controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, despite accusations he and the Legislature discriminated against Black voters.
The judges agreed that the plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating… Continue reading
“South Carolina Republicans ask justices to let district ruled a racial gerrymander go forward”
Amy Howe for SCOTUSBlog:
Telling the justices that if they do not intervene they will create “confusion and uncertainty over this year’s elections,” a group of Republican lawmakers from South Carolina came to the Supreme Court this week, asking the… Continue reading
Wilfred Codrington in Balkinization Symposium on “A Real Right to Vote:” “A [More] Real Right to Vote”
Wilfred’s post on my book, A Real Right to Vote:
Many congratulations are due to Professor Richard L. Hasen on the publication of his newest book, A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy. In… Continue reading
“Supreme Court’s Delay Creates Uncertainty for South Carolina Election”
Jimmy Hoover for National Law Journal:
New candidates are throwing their hats in the ring in Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s South Carolina congressional district despite a court ruling last year striking down the GOP drawn map as an unconstitutional “racial… Continue reading
“Republicans Hatched a Secret Assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington State”
ProPublica:
Republican Paul Graves’ work was about to come undone. In the wee hours of Nov. 15, 2021, he and his fellow Republican on Washington state’s independent redistricting commission had finally prevailed on their Democratic counterparts to agree to the … Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects move to reconsider state’s congressional maps”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to reconsider the state’s congressional maps ahead of the next election, ensuring the current district boundaries will remain in place for 2024.
The court’s decision ends a last-minute push … Continue reading
“Democrats Blew Their Big Opportunity to Make New York Winnable in 2024”
Alexander Sammon for Slate:
After over a year in court, millions of dollars on lawyers’ fees, an overhaul of the state’s highest court, and an all-out battle to throw out New York’s congressional districts and replace them with something… Continue reading