“Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Alabama Voter-Redistricting Plan”
Jess Bravin reports for WSJ.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Supreme Court hands win to opponents of Alabama redistricting plan”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“SCOTUS Alabama decision may affect Virginia election maps”
“A Rare Victory for Black Voting Rights in the South”
Ari Berman on today’s Alabama case.
“Supreme Court Rules Against Alabama in Redistricting Case”
Adam Liptak reports for the NYT.
Albany County New York Loses Voting Rights Act Redistricting Suit
Opinion Analysis: A Small Victory for Minority Voters, or a Case with “Profound” Constitutional Implications?
[cross-posted at SCOTUSBlog.]
It is easy to read the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama as a mostly inconsequential case giving a small, and perhaps only temporary,… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Reverses and Remands 5-4 in Alabama Redistricting Case
The opinion and dissents are here. My @SCOTUSBlog case preview of Alabama case: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=220511 Argument analysis: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=221453 Opinion analysis coming at SCOTUSBlog.
Bipartisan Measure Proposed to Required Redistricting Commissions for Federal Redistricting
The Hill reports.
Even if such a measure passed (not bloody likely), it could well be unconstitutional.
“Potential redistricting reset could tighten California Democrats’ grip”
LA Times:
A U..S. Supreme Court case that could force California to redraw its congressional districts has stirred up fears of a return to partisan gerrymandering, a divisive process that has been criticized for both cementing and crushing political… Continue reading
“Court hears one more challenge to congressional district maps”
Miami Herald:
Florida’s congressional redistricting maps should be rejected because they are the product of a shadowy process infiltrated by Republican political operatives in violation of the law against partisan gerrymandering, lawyers argued before the Florida Supreme Court on… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court and the Power of the People”
Michael Li:
A good advocate tries to make things simple, and sitting through Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing over the constitutionality of Arizona’s independent redistricting commission, it was clear — if there had been any doubt — that former… Continue reading
“A Note on Redistricting Initiatives, Legislatures and the Popular Will”
Can Cute Kids Dressed as Dinosaurs Stop Gerrymandering?
I guess it didn’t hurt to try.