Justin here. There’s an oddity in the most recent round of Wisconsin’s redistricting travails.  Democratic legislators (and later, the Democratic Governor) seem to be voting against an ostensible olive branch extended by the Republican legislative leadership.  And I wonder if… Continue reading

Jonathan Cervas, Bernie Grofman, Scott Matsuda, and Justine Kawa have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: After the U.S. Supreme Court opted out of any federal court role in policing partisan gerrymandering in its 2019 decision, Rucho… Continue reading

Maxwell Palmer, Benjamin Schneer and Kevin DeLuca in Political Analysis. Abstract: Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan consensus or the agreement of both parties on the… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A high-powered Democratic law firm is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2024 election, arguing a redistricting decision last month calls into question the battleground state’s current district lines. Elias… Continue reading

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The Wisconsin Supreme Court is now considering a handful of proposed changes to the state’s legislative boundaries after Republicans, Democrats, university professors and partisan law firms submitted options as part of a lawsuit aimed at making the state’s… Continue reading

Politico: The partisan tilt of a handful of districts could still change dramatically before voters even go to the polls this year — shifting who has the upper hand in the battle for control the House. Republicans hold just a… Continue reading

New paper from Jonathan Cervas (Carnegie Mellon), Bernard Grofman (UC-Irvine), Scott Matsuda (NYLS), and Justine Kawa (NYLS), Partisan Gerrymandering Cases in State Supreme Courts in the 2020s Redistricting Round. The abstract: After the U.S. Supreme Court opted out of… Continue reading

Early coverage in the Lexington Herald Leader is here. The opinion in Graham v. Adams is here. (You can sift through the justices’ opinions about who joined which parts, as some dissented on grounds like standing and justiciability.)… Continue reading

The decision in Matter of Hoffmann v New York State Independent Redistricting Commission is here. From the New York Times: New York’s highest court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map on Tuesday, making a major pre-election… Continue reading