“How the Supreme Court Can Soothe U.S. Political Strife: Curbing gerrymandering would encourage politicians to reach across the partisan aisle.”
Al Hunt for Bloomberg View.
Category Archives: redistricting
“The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes”
Patrick Honner for Quanta Magazine.
Conference at Harvard November 8th: Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy
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”
Matt Yglesias for Vox.
“Of Steak Rubs and Symmetry: A Response to Justice Gorsuch”
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”
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.
“‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race”
The subhead from ProPublica:
The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide.
A few briefs in Gill (including one on behalf of law … Continue reading
“Dear Supremes, Stay Out of the Gerrymandering Business”
Over at National Review, Jay Cost asks the Court to leave redress of gerrymandering to the political process.
When the cause of action is a complaint that adherents of a plausible majority party have been intentionally and durably prevented… Continue reading
Notorious RBG holds forth on partisan gerrymandering, among other things
Or, at least, the Kate McKinnon SNL version did.
“That’s not a district, that’s a tapeworm.” Looking forward to more Ginsburns in the future.
NAACP sues Commerce Dept for 2020 Census records
Missed this on Thursday: The NAACP has filed a FOIA case to get records about preparations for the 2020 Census.
“Political Road Map: How California went from worst to first in drawing fair political maps”
John Myers for the LA Times, with a little history.
Even more on Gill
Asher Steinberg blogs up a storm.
And the Detroit Free Press highlights Eric Lander’s brief and the role of science.
“The Democrats’ Gerrymandering Obsession”
It’s a day full of would-be reminders for Democrats, for some reason. Jeff Greenfield points out that Democrats have lost races for reasons other than gerrymandering. I’m not sure anyone disagrees.
More on Gill
This is yet another article attempting to explain Gill away by saying that the cause of the gerrymandering problem is natural concentration of Democrats in urban areas.
The challenge in Gill, of course, is limited to those plans in which… Continue reading