“American Democracy Is on the Supreme Court Docket”
Matt Ford for TNR.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Brett Kavanaugh could decide how redistricting is done”
Todd Ruger for Roll Call.
North Carolina: “This session might be the best chance in the next decade to end gerrymandering”
Will Doran:
Now might be the best chance to end gerrymandering in North Carolina, at least for another decade, a bipartisan group of legislators said Wednesday when they introduced a bill to do just that.Their proposal would end North Carolina’s… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Republicans won’t appeal ruling striking down 4 districts”
WRAL:
A key North Carolina GOP lawmaker says Republicans won’t appeal a ruling by state judges that the General Assembly violated a constitutional prohibition against mid-decade redistricting because it unnecessarily changed four House districts in 2017.
“Laboratories of Democracy Reform: State Constitutions and Partisan Gerrymandering”
Sam Wang, Richard Ober, & Ben Williams have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Despite multiple opportunities to address the issue, the Supreme Court has declined to take action on partisan gerrymandering. Here we argue that the… Continue reading
More Entries Posted at SCOTUSBlog Symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
“Gerrymandering & Justiciability: The Political Question Doctrine After Gill v. Whitford”
Mike Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Partisan gerrymandering claims occupy a unique purgatory in constitutional law, floating between justiciable and nonjusticiable. This term, the Supreme Court will finally decide. The issue said to divide… Continue reading
Utah: “A state lawmaker says a San Juan County split should be on the table, after a court-ordered redistricting that ‘disenfranchised’ his voters”
Salt Lake Tribune:
After a landmark power shift that gave San Juan County its first majority Navajo Democrat commission, a state lawmaker from mostly white, Republican Blanding is broaching the subject of secession.The sheer size of the state’s largest… Continue reading
“Federal judges reject state of Ohio’s request to delay gerrymandering trial”
Cleveland.com:
A three-judge federal panel on Friday rejected a request from the state of Ohio to delay a gerrymandering lawsuit that aims to put a new Ohio congressional district map in place in time for the 2020 election.The state wanted… Continue reading
North Carolina Cites ELB Blog Post by Nick Stephanopoulos to Argue Court Intervention in Partisan Gerrymandering Cases is Unnecessary
From the opening brief:
“The Civil Rights Division Bails Out of Bail-In in Texas”
Justin here. I’ve got a new post up at the Take Care blog, on a filing last week from DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. It’s a reversal of position, signed by a political appointee rather than career staff, of a request… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Begins Symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
You can find the initial entries here (I will update when there are more entries–I declined to participate in the symposium because like Justice Kennedy I remain uncertain about how these cases should be handled):
Special Feature: Symposium before the… Continue reading
“Racial Gerrymander Defender Next in Line if Va. Dems Go”
USLW:
A constitutional crisis mainly driven by race and threatening to wipe out the Democratic executive leadership in Virginia could elevate a Republican fighting to preserve state voting districts that critics say disadvantage blacks.Kirk Cox, now the speaker of… Continue reading
“New emails show Michigan GOP used maps to consolidate Republican power”
Bridge MI:
New evidence submitted on the eve of a landmark trial challenging Michigan’s GOP-drawn legislative districts appears to strengthen the claim the maps were drawn in 2011 for partisan, Republican gain.Emails and other documents filed over the weekend in… Continue reading