Category Archives: redistricting

Three Judge Court Smacks Down WI Legislature in Redistricting Suit

January 3, 2012, 7:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Read this: Quite clearly, the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly (collectively, “the Legislature”) and its attorneys are none too pleased with this three-judge Court’s prior orders, filed on December 8, 2011,and December 20, 2011, respectively. By those… Continue reading

Ten Lawyers Leaping: A New Year’s Redistricting Review

January 3, 2012, 3:01 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

(Cross-posted from the Huffington Post) The 2011 holiday season brought plenty of election-related tidings, of comfort and joy to some and consternation to others. Now, in the first days of 2012, in between hitting “refresh” on Iowa caucus coverage,… Continue reading

“Three-judge federal panel says W.Va. Congressional redistricting is not constitutional.”

January 3, 2012, 1:11 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

See this opinion (via the Charleston Daily Mail).

Texas on Defensive in SCOTUS Redistricting Reply Brief

January 3, 2012, 1:08 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the brief here (Texas Redistricting is posting all the reply briefs as they come in). I was struck in reading the Texas brief how much less persuasive it seemed than the earlier filings (the stay requests and… Continue reading

“Iowa’s Other Peculiar Institution”

January 3, 2012, 9:38 amredistrictingRick Hasen

David Schoenbaum on Iowa redistricting at the NYT “Campaign Stops” blog.

SCOTUSBlog Community Today on Texas Redistricting Cases

January 3, 2012, 8:12 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“D.C. Court Orders Texas to Produce Documents”

January 2, 2012, 5:18 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Texas Redistricting reports.

Quote of the Day

January 2, 2012, 5:05 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

“[I]f only California had a tax on phony outrage — we could balance the budget.” Joe Mathews, on the dispute over ProPublica’s report on California’s citizen redistricting commission.

“Redistricting Spurs Debate Over Voting Rights Act”

January 1, 2012, 11:45 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

Nate Persily to Draw Connecticut Districts

January 1, 2012, 11:11 amredistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“U.S. opposes Texas election maps”

December 29, 2011, 10:48 amDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston reports.

DOJ Files SCOTUS Brief Mostly Supporting District Court Interim Maps in Texas Redistricting Case

December 28, 2011, 3:40 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the brief here. (Texas redistricting has all the amicus briefs filed so far here.) As I expected, DOJ (and soon the respondents) make much of the D.C. Circuit’s recent opinion denying preclearance of the… Continue reading

“Redistricting Report Roils California Politics”

December 28, 2011, 2:56 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Special hearing set for redistricting writ petition”

December 28, 2011, 2:14 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

News from California: “The Supreme Court has scheduled a special January 10 oral argument for the Redistricting writ petition. It’s been only 19 days since the court agreed to decide the petition and set an “extremely expedited briefing schedule”… Continue reading