Just Wondering Dept.
Why the delay in the Texas redistricting cases in filing the stay request for Congressional districts with Justice Scalia?
Category Archives: redistricting
“Texas map tilts redistricting battle in Democrats’ favor”
The Fix reports.
“Barney Frank says new voting map edged him out”
The Boston Globe reports.
“Jan Brewer Decides Against Special Session on Redistricting”
Roll Call reports.
Texas Appeals Congressional Map to SCOTUS
See here. A stay request to Justice Scalia should soon follow.
“Texas asks Supreme Court to block federal judges’ redistricting plan”
The Washington Post reports.
“Mapmaking Stalls Retirement Plans”
Roll Call reports.
Justice Scalia Asks for Response in Texas Districting Case
And Texas AG says that Texas might be able to move its primary, and get preclearance on its initial plan before then. See this Texas Tribune report.
Texas AG Confirms Emergency Stay for Congressional Redistricting is Coming
See the end of this press release: ” Separately, the court issued interim congressional maps on November 25. The court-drawn congressional maps will be subject to a separate emergency appeal.”
“Florida Redistricting and Majority-Minority Retrogression”
Dan Smith blogs.
Read Texas’s Emergency Stay Application to SCOTUS as to State House Districts
The Latest on Texas Redistricting Litigation and the Supreme Court
The Texas Tribune:
Monday’s the day candidates can begin filing for office, and after a flurry of legal activity over the holidays, they now know what districts they’re seeking to represent.
Probably.
The state has filed appeals to block… Continue reading
“Virginia’s Parody of Democracy”
This WaPo editorial begins: “STATE LEGISLATIVE elections in Virginia have come to bear a certain resemblance to what passed for voting in the old Soviet Union. There, candidates, unopposed and endorsed by the Communist Party, routinely ran up victories with… Continue reading
“The Buzz: Republican interests launch latest attack on California’s congressional maps”
SacBee reports: “Radanovich’s federal suit contends that the panel violated federal voting rights law and the U.S. Constitution by seeking to protect three African American incumbents in the drawing of three Los Angeles congressional districts.”