I asked Michael Li, who knows Texas redistricting issues as well as anyone, to explain some of the confusion surrounding the next stages of the case.  The following guest post is very informative: What’s Next in the Texas Redistricting… Continue reading

Jim Malewitz for Texas Tribune.

Manny Fernandez for the NYT. Here is my analysis of the court ruling from over the weekend.

Politico reports.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia House Republicans made a late bid Friday to change the district boundaries for eight Republicans and one Democrat. The one Democrat, Rep. Sheila Jones, D-Atlanta, is not happy. Jones said she didn’t know about House Bill … Continue reading

They are going to be piling up as we expect the Supreme Court to take up the Wisconsin case next term. Today’s latest opinion, in Common Cause v. Rucho, is unanimous and discusses the efficiency gap. which plays a… Continue reading

Phys.org: Pennsylvania’s congressional district maps are almost certainly the result of gerrymandering according to an analysis based on a new mathematical theorem on bias in Markov Chains developed by Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh mathematicians. Their findings are… Continue reading