Cleveland Plain Dealer: Three federal judges have rejected a request by Republican elected leaders in Ohio to dismiss a lawsuit that says the judges should toss out the state’s congressional district map because it’s gerrymandered. Judges Karen Nelson Moore, Timothy… Continue reading

You can find the petition at this link. The petition alleges that the district court was going to convene a three-judge court until the Chief Judge of the 9th Circuit told the judge not to do so: Petitioners claim… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Wisconsin’s redistricting case is headed back to a three-judge panel — but it will consist of a slightly different set of judges. Barbara Crabb, a U.S. district judge for Wisconsin’s western district, on Thursday withdrew from the case… Continue reading

You can find the 121 pages of opinions, which did not split simply by party lines, at this link. (Michael Li: Opinion is by Justice Vivano who is a Republican appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder. Justice Clement, another… Continue reading

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This is fun. https://twitter.com/steveannear/status/1022894895814590467  

“Perfect. It’s giving the finger to Sandy Levin….I love it.” —One of the Republican line drawers in Michigan, describing the “finger-like” extensions to the shape of Rep. Levin’s contorted district, inav lawsuit defending the drawing of congressional districts as non-partisan,… Continue reading

From today’s opinion in State of NY v. US Dep’t of Commerce: Broadly speaking, in this Opinion, the Court reaches three conclusions with respect to Defendants’ motions. First, the Court categorically rejects Defendants’ efforts to insulate Secretary Ross’s decision to… Continue reading

The Bridge: Emails have emerged in a federal lawsuit that suggest Republicans gerrymandered congressional districts in Michigan in 2011 to maintain an advantage over Democrats, despite years of claims the lines are drawn without political bias. The lawsuit references private… Continue reading

Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: A few months after he started leading the Commerce Department, Secretary Wilbur Ross became impatient. As a powerful decider for the U.S. census, he had a keen interest in adding a citizenship question to the… Continue reading

Charles Fried for the HLR Blog:   There is a clear constitutional warrant. As long ago as 1986, the Court recognized that partisan gerrymanders manifestly offend the Fourteenth Amendment’s constitutional guarantee of equal protection. They are also contrary to the… Continue reading

Michael Wines reports for the NY Times.