Category Archives: redistricting
“Alabama will appeal rejection of congressional map to U.S. Supreme Court”
Al.com reports.
“Kennedy’s Supreme Court legacy is being erased, in part by past clerks”
Deep dive by Bob Barnes for WaPo:
Other changes attributable to Kennedy’s departure have drawn less attention. For years, Kennedy was alone among the conservative justices in believing extreme partisan gerrymandering —drawing legislative districts to favor the political party in… Continue reading
“A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seat”
AP:
Democrats could gain a seat in the U.S. House and multiple seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a judge rules Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ power.
The trial beginning Tuesday is part of a wave of litigation progressing… Continue reading
“Florida redistricting lawsuit overturns DeSantis map, empowers Black voters”
The Tributary:
A state judge struck down North Florida’s congressional districts Saturday, rebuffing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ open defiance of anti-gerrymandering protections, finding the governor’s map illegally reduced Black voters’ electoral power.
DeSantis had wagered the state’s Fair Districts Amendment… Continue reading
“Federal judge to decide whether new Jefferson County Commission district lines are racially unfair”
AL.com:
The future leadership of Alabama’s largest county is in the hands of a federal judge who will decide whether Jefferson County commissioners gerrymandered district lines to dwarf the voting rights of Black residents.
In a five-hour hearing Wednesday Judge… Continue reading
“Dems tap Obama for crucial redistricting push”
Politico:
The House majority next year could be determined in a state-by-state fight over redistricting that’s taking place right now.
And Democrats are calling in the big guns.
Former President Barack Obama hosted a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting… Continue reading
Cal. Supreme Court decides CVRA case
The California Supreme Court is out with an important opinion today in Pico Neighborhood Ass’n v. City of Santa Monica: a ruling on the California Voting Rights Act and some of the ways in which it’s distinct from (and… Continue reading
“New district lines will scramble key New York House races”
Politico:
Candidates are eager to run in competitive House seats in New York next year. There’s just one problem: They have no clear sense of where to campaign.
The interminable legal fight over redistricting in New York will likely leave… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley rips Janet Protasiewicz for not recusing on redistricting case”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The outcome of a challenge to Wisconsin’s legislative maps is “predetermined” by the court’s liberal majority, conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote in a dissent issued Tuesday.
The court is considering taking up lawsuits filed directly with it, bypassing… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “Vos says lawmakers may consider impeachment if Protasiewicz doesn’t recuse from redistricting cases”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
If Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz does not recuse from lawsuits challenging the state’s legislative boundaries, Republicans who control the state Legislature might consider impeachment proceedings, the Assembly’s top Republican said Friday.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a… Continue reading
“Miami groups try to overturn court ruling that kept ‘gerrymandered’ map in effect”
Miami Herald:
Two days after a federal appeals court blocked a new city of Miami voting map drawn by community groups from being used in the November elections, those Miami community groups have challenged that decision. On Sunday, American Civil… Continue reading
“Lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s legislative maps filed at the state Supreme Court”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A lawsuit aimed at rewriting Wisconsin’s legislative maps to favor Republicans less was filed Wednesday at the state Supreme Court, a day after the state’s highest court flipped to liberal control for the first time in years.… Continue reading
“Status of Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation in State Courts”
New from the Brennan Center.