“Despite Supreme Court ruling, Texas congressional map still very uncertain”
The Fix reports.
Category Archives: redistricting
“A New View One-Person, One-Vote?”
Lyle: “In its second ruling Friday on courts’ power to draw new election districts, the Supreme Court in a West Virginia case raised doubts about the authority of federal District Courts to require states to achieve absolute equality of… Continue reading
First Texas Decision Story Roundup
MORE SCOTUS Breaking News: West Virginia Maps on Hold
SCOTUSBlog: “Two hours after issuing its ruling on Texas’ redistricting dispute, the Supreme Court put on hold a lower court’s decision striking down the West Virginia legislature’s new plan for electing that state’s three members of the House of… Continue reading
Splitting Hairs and Ducking Issues: The Supreme Court’s Texas Case, Likelihood of Success, and Reasonable Probability
When a court needs to give interim relief (such as issuing a preliminary injunction or granting a stay of a lower court order), it is acting where there is a risk of error. For this reason, the standards for determining… Continue reading
Breaking News: Supreme Court Decides Texas Redistricting Case, Reverses Lower Court
In a unanimous per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court (with Justice Thomas concurring separately in the judgment) has reversed the maps drawn by the three judge court and remanded to draw new maps under new standards.
The Court’s plan… Continue reading
OHRVS
Why it matters to Texas redistricting and preclearance.
Has the Supreme Court Already Made It Too Late for an April 3 Texas Primary?
Michael Li makes the case.
No Texas Redistricting Opinion This Morning from SCOTUS
See here. The next likely regular scheduled time for opinions is Monday. The Court could always issue an opinion tomorrow or Friday if the opinion is ready. We’ll see.
“Adopting a Fair Voting Plan”
Rob Richie and Lindsey Needham have written this redistricting-related oped in the Austin-American Statesman.
“Texas says redistricting was open, bipartisan in opening day of testimony”
The first day of the preclearance trial.
“Missouri Supreme Court Orders Closer Look at Redistricting”
Roll Call: ‘In a ruling that may help Rep. Russ Carnahan (D), the Missouri Supreme Court has asked a lower court to determine whether the state’s new Congressional map complies with the state constitution.”
“New W. Va. Map Being Drawn”
Developments in the SCOTUS case.
“Counting Voters Fairly”
NYT editorial: “A Federal District Court late last month wisely upheld a 2010 Maryland law that counts prison inmates as residents in their home communities for purposes of redistricting, rather than at the prisons where they are incarcerated.”