Category Archives: redistricting

“Virginia Supreme Court to hear appeal in redistricting case”

October 25, 2017, 8:49 amredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: Virginia’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a redistricting advocacy group challenging a judge’s decision upholding 11 state House and Senate districts. The court on Tuesday granted a petition filed by the advocacy group OneVirginia2021, which… Continue reading

“The Only Institution in the United States That Can Solve This Problem”

October 24, 2017, 4:16 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Torres-Spelliscy on Gill.

“Obama’s army enlists in redistricting fight”

October 23, 2017, 4:12 pmcampaign finance, redistrictingRick Hasen

Politico: Organizing for Action, the progressive group born out of Barack Obama’s old campaign apparatus, is joining the redistricting effort that Obama has made a central cause of his post-presidency. On Monday, OFA officially launched a partnership with the National… Continue reading

“Does Chief Justice Roberts fear gobbledygook? Or is that just baloney?”

October 22, 2017, 11:38 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nice Bob Barnes at WaPo.

“In this 5K race, runners will meander NC’s ‘Gerrymander”

October 19, 2017, 2:43 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News and Observer: Runners and walkers planning to take part in a 5K race in Asheville early next month might do better with a compass — a well-tuned political compass, that is. As lawyers, judges and redistricting experts spend… Continue reading

A.J. Pate: Systemic Poison in the Body Politic

October 18, 2017, 3:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from A.J. Pate: Systemic Poison in the Body Politic Ned Foley’s recent commentary, “Of X-Rays, CT Scans and Gerrymanders”, was an interesting analogy linking advancements in cancer research to advances in identifying partisan gerrymandering.… Continue reading

Texas, with Paul Clement on Brief, Files SCOTUS Jurisdictional Statement in Congressional Redistricting Case

October 17, 2017, 5:25 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

“The Supreme Court is Allergic to Math”

October 17, 2017, 5:11 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

538, heavy on the redistricting cases.

“How the Supreme Court Can Soothe U.S. Political Strife: Curbing gerrymandering would encourage politicians to reach across the partisan aisle.”

October 15, 2017, 7:21 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Al Hunt for Bloomberg View.

“The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes”

October 12, 2017, 8:02 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Patrick Honner for Quanta Magazine.

Conference at Harvard November 8th: Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy

October 11, 2017, 2:38 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Announcement via email: On November 8, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is holding a day-long conference on “Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy”. As the Supreme Court considers the most important case on political gerrymandering in a generation,… Continue reading

“The real fix for gerrymandering is proportional representation”

October 11, 2017, 5:56 amalternative voting systems, redistrictingRick Hasen

Matt Yglesias for Vox.

“Of Steak Rubs and Symmetry: A Response to Justice Gorsuch”

October 10, 2017, 7:44 amguest blogging election law scholarship, redistrictingJustin Levitt

A guest post by Chris Elmendorf and Eric McGhee: During oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, the partisan gerrymandering case, Justice Gorsuch complained that the plaintiffs’ proposed test for unconstitutional gerrymanders was too much like a steak rub: “I… Continue reading

“The future of gerrymandering”

October 9, 2017, 5:23 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

Dan Tokaji and Michael Morley star in a National Constitution Center podcast. Michael’s also got a Prawfs piece up on the Congressional enforcement power that may follow from a holding in Gill.