Vik Amar and Jason Mazzone suggest that the Court grant cert. pronto in Huffman v. Neiman, the Ohio partisan gerrymandering case, as it considers whatever just happened in North Carolina. Rick had similar thoughts.
The NYT with a broader perspective on the North Carolina state Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a decision issued just four months earlier, with Supreme Court elections the only meaningful change in between.
[This post has been updated]
In a 5-2 decision along partisan lines, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that it cannot consider partisan gerrymandering claims under the state constitution. This ruling overturns an earlier ruling of the state supreme… Continue reading
As this blog noted, Cleta Mitchell was invited to give a “special legal presentation” to a recent RNC donor retreat — either because of or despite her role in proceedings attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
There has already… Continue reading
ADN:
In a landmark decision, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional under the Alaska Constitution’s equal protection doctrine.
The decision follows a contentious recent reapportionment cycle: The Alaska Redistricting Board was twice found by the… Continue reading
Gothamist:
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s latest picks for New York’s highest court could play a key role in deciding whether the state will rip up its congressional district maps and start over — a move that could help determine which party… Continue reading
Because state law requires redrawing the boundaries in the first regular session after the census data are out … and the COVID delays meant that happened after the 2021 session ended.
Dave Wasserman reignites the forever wars over whether polarization and residential moving patterns or redistricting is more to blame for the drop in competitive congressional seats.
(Just about everyone believes that the answer is that it’s both. The political science… Continue reading
And the NYT offers a prediction about the first order of business:
Once Judge Protasiewicz assumes her place on the court on Aug. 1, the first priority for Wisconsin Democrats will be to bring a case to challenge the current… Continue reading