Category Archives: redistricting

5th Circuit permits mid-decade redistricting in Tarrant County, rejects partisan, racial gerrymandering claims

October 29, 2025, 10:42 amcourt decisions, redistrictingDerek Muller

Judge Willett, joined by Judges Barksdale and Duncan, in Jackson v. Tarrant County: Here, Tarrant County chose to redraw the precinct lines used to elect its County Commissioners—and to do so mid-cycle. The Challengers, a group of voters reassigned… Continue reading

“Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state’s redistricting push”

October 29, 2025, 7:47 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“How big a deal is California’s Proposition 50?”

October 28, 2025, 10:08 amredistrictingRick Hasen

My explainer at the UCLA Newsroom.

“Newsom to Redistricting Donors: Stop Giving Me Money”

October 28, 2025, 7:59 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed onto his regular Zoom call with his political brain trust last Friday as they ticked through the latest developments in the high-stakes redistricting measure headed for a vote next week. They were far ahead… Continue reading

“Lawsuit Plunges New York Into the National Gerrymandering Fight”

October 27, 2025, 10:45 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: A lawsuit filed on Monday on behalf of four New Yorkers charges that the state’s congressional map unconstitutionally dilutes Black and Latino votes in a district that covers Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn, according to a copy… Continue reading

“Republicans bet frenzied redistricting push can outrun historical trends”

October 27, 2025, 7:38 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Paul Kane for WaPo: The fight for House control in next year’s midterm elections has shifted into unfamiliar terrain: state capitals and courthouses. Rather than recruiting candidates and conductingearly fundraising, political operatives on both sides are focused on drawing new,… Continue reading

“Gov. Mike Braun calls special session to redraw Indiana’s congressional maps”

October 27, 2025, 7:34 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Indy Star: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has officially called lawmakers back to the Statehouse for a special session to redraw the Hoosier State’s congressional maps mid-decade, as requested by President Donald Trump’s administration. But the votes to redistrict still … Continue reading

I Spoke to Renato Mariotti and Asha Rangappa for the “It’s Complicated” Podcast on the Supreme Court’s Potential to Gut the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case

October 24, 2025, 3:54 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can find it here on Youtube:

Watch Video of My Conversation with Jen Rubin: “A Potential Rights Sunset on the Horizon: Rick Hasen on Louisiana’s Redistricting Supreme Court Case”

October 21, 2025, 8:09 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, at the Contrarian.

Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Redistricting and Re-Redistricting Controversies and the 2026 Elections”

October 17, 2025, 11:43 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can watch the conversation with Guy Charles, Moon Duchin, Michael Li, and Nick Stephanopoulos (moderated by me) here:

I Spoke with Madeline Brand of KCRW’s Press Play About the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and California’s Proposition 50

October 17, 2025, 7:34 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can listen here (it’s the first story in the episode).

“Redistricting foes blast Hanaway for trying to stop referendum on Missouri map”

October 16, 2025, 5:22 pmredistrictingindependent state legislature theoryTravis Crum

Missouri seeks to revive the independent state legislature theory, this time its by insisting that there’s a clear-statement rule. I may have more to say about this case in the near future. In the meantime, you can find the complaint… Continue reading

Callais Re-Argument Recap

October 15, 2025, 12:38 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActTravis Crum

Earlier today, I attended the oral argument in Callais. My global takeaway is a bit more sanguine than Rick’s. When the case was set for re-argument, the new QP flagged Section 2’s constitutionality: whether it constitutes a compelling governmental… Continue reading

Originalism and Expiration Dates

October 14, 2025, 11:30 amredistricting, Supreme Court, theory, Voting Rights ActTravis Crum

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hold a rare re-argument in Louisiana v. Callais on whether Section 2 of the VRA is unconstitutional as applied to redistricting. I’ve filed an amicus brief arguing that Shaw should be overturned—a point that my… Continue reading