Category Archives: redistricting

Texas Redistricting Deal to Help Congressional Dems?

January 27, 2012, 4:31 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Hill reports. It is hard to see Texas Republicans going along with this, but we will see. Michael Li live-tweeted today’s very long hearing before the three-Judge court in San Antonio, and it sounds like the primary… Continue reading

Breaking News: CA Supreme Court Says 2012 Commission Maps Will Be Used Even if Referendum on Senate Districts Qualifies for the Ballot

January 27, 2012, 10:16 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

You can find the opinion here. Justin told us it would be so. What is perhaps most worthy of interest in this case is the concurring opinion of Justice Goodwin Liu, counseling restraint in the area of redistricting. (This… Continue reading

“Messin’ with Texas; The Legal Wrangle over Redistricting”

January 27, 2012, 10:01 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Must-read Sam Issacharoff piece in the Boston Review: Texas shows that asking the wrong question yields no good answer. So long as the question is how many seats Republican insiders should give to Democratic and Hispanic outsiders, the answer will… Continue reading

“Why redistricting commissions aren’t immune from politics”

January 27, 2012, 8:19 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Stateline reports.

Criticism of PA Justice Baer

January 27, 2012, 8:02 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Following up on this post, the Pa. GOP has blasted Justice Baer for talking to the press about an ongoing case and for taking at trip to Puerto Rico while the redistricting opinion is pending.

“Testimony in Texas Redistricting Trial Ends”

January 26, 2012, 7:20 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The latest from D.C.

“Special filing: Redistricting opinion coming tomorrow”

January 26, 2012, 4:04 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Horvitz & Levy’s “At the Lectern” blog reports on the CA Supreme Court redistricting decision coming tomorrow.

“Breaking down the Florida GOP’s redistricting map”

January 26, 2012, 1:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The Fix reports.

Pa. Supreme Court Justice Gives Interview About Ongoing Redistricting Case

January 26, 2012, 1:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

This [corrected link] is behind a subscription wall, but it is very unusual for a judge to comment about an ongoing case like this. A few quotes from Justice Baer: ““It takes a week or so to write a majority… Continue reading

“Lawsuit challenges Kentucky’s redistricting plan”

January 26, 2012, 9:50 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Where isn’t there a redistricting lawsuit?

“State’s witness concedes point in hearing on Texas districts”

January 26, 2012, 9:00 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Star-Telegram: “A key witness before a federal three-judge panel considering the Texas redistricting challenge appeared to make a major concession Wednesday to the case made last week by state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth.” More from Texas Redistricting on … Continue reading

City of Los Angeles Redistricting Just Got Ugly

January 25, 2012, 5:08 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

I mean that in both senses of the term.

No Decision in Texas DC Preclearance Case Before 2/6 Post-Trial Briefs Filed

January 25, 2012, 4:38 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Li gives the schedule. That’s a signal to the San Antonio court, not to wait to draw interim maps for the DC court to decide things.

“The Gerrymanderers Are Coming! Legislative Redistricting Won’t Affect Competition or Polarization Much, No Matter Who Does It”

January 25, 2012, 4:36 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Seth E. Masket, Jonathan Winburn, and Gerald C. Wright have written this article for PS. Here is the abstract: Redistricting received substantial attention in the popular media in 2011, as states redrew state legislative and congressional district boundaries. Many reformers… Continue reading