Category Archives: redistricting
Foley: Constitutional Preservation, the Marbury Duty & Congressional Gerrymanders
The following is the second in a series of guest posts on Benisek v. Lamone by Ohio State’s Ned Foley.
Edward B. Foley
This blog essay is the second in a series derived from a contribution to a University… Continue reading
Foley: Benisek, Congressional Gerrymanders & the Elections Clause
The following is the first in a series of guest posts on Benisek v. Lamone by Ohio State’s Ned Foley.
Edward B. Foley
This blog essay is derived from a forthcoming contribution to a University of Georgia Law Review… Continue reading
“Lack of court action on new Pa. voting map causing concern”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
With Tuesday’s deadline for filing nominating petitions imminent, prospective candidates waiting for courts to take action on Pennsylvania’s radically reconfigured congressional map learned Friday that the wait will continue.
By day’s end Friday, neither the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania vote puzzle”
“Is one of the Pennsylvania voting cases doomed?”
Lyle Denniston for Constitution Daily.
“Gerrymandering Justice: Reaction to the Pa. Supreme Court’s Rulings”
Howard Bashman in the Legal Intelligencer:
In my view, it would be a huge mistake for Republican state legislators to actually initiate impeachment proceedings against Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices for having issued rulings with which the legislators disagree as a… Continue reading
“An Ohio congressional map that makes sense – un-gerrymandered”
“Count all the people, just as the Constitution says”
David Gans oped:
Under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has repeatedly turned its back on our Constitution’s promise of an inclusive democracy, seeking to make it harder for citizens to exercise their right… Continue reading
“Federal judges hear arguments in Pa. congressional map fight: Should they block new map?”
Philly Inquirer:
A panel of federal judges, asked by GOP lawmakers to block the new Pennsylvania congressional map, on Friday questioned whether it should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to act on a similar request and if blocking the… Continue reading
What’s Up, Justice Alito?
I’ve been expecting a quick rejection of the Pa. Republicans’ longshot claim in the congressional redistricting lawsuit.
The last time around Justice Alito rejected the claim without referring to the Court.
But briefing has been done since Tuesday, and… Continue reading
John Gore Behind DOJ Letter Urging Census Department to Add Citizenship Question to Census Survey
ProPublica:
In December, the Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau add a question to the 2020 survey that would ask respondents to reveal whether or not they are U.S. citizens. Since ProPublica first reported the DOJ’s letter, civil… Continue reading
Pa Legislative Challengers in Congressional Redistricting Case File Reply with Supreme Court
You can read it here.
Justice Alito or the Court could rule at any time. I’d expect something in the next few days.
More Briefs Filed at SCOTUS in Pa Congressional Redistricting Case
Here they are, courtesy of the SCOTUS website:
Response to application from respondents League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, et al. filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
Mar 05 2018
Response to application from respondents Governor Thomas W. Wolf, et… Continue reading