“Political Insiders Plotted the Most Gerrymandered District in America—and Left a Paper Trail”
The Washingtonian on the Maryland gerrymander at issue in Benisek.
Category Archives: redistricting
The Brazenness of Partisan Intent in the Court’s Gerrymandering Cases
A significant feature in these cases is the sheer brazenness with which critical legislators in the redistricting process across various states have been willing to blatantly proclaim their aggressive partisan objectives. In the previous major cases before the Court, from… Continue reading
“Ohio Voters Pass Gerrymandering Reform Measure”
HuffPost:
Ohio voters approved a ballot measure on Tuesday that changes the congressional mapmaking process, a move proponents say will rein in excessive partisan gerrymandering.
By passing the ballot measure, called Issue 1, Ohioans amended their state Constitution to… Continue reading
“Republicans Make Moves To Crush Gerrymandering Reform”
TPM:
With anti-gerrymandering efforts gaining steam, Republicans in some states are mobilizing to protect their ability to continue rigging election maps.
In late April, a Republican group backed by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce sued to keep a popular redistricting… Continue reading
ACS Phone Briefing Today: Judicial Gerrymandering? The Voting Rights Act, Judicial Elections, and Redistricting
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Judicial Gerrymandering? The Voting Rights Act, Judicial Elections, and Redistricting
May 2, 2018
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
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In recent weeks, the North Carolina General Assembly has proposed redrawing the map of the… Continue reading
Robin Best Reviews “Gerrymandering in America”
Over at the Law and Politics Book Review, Robin Best reviews GERRYMANDERING IN AMERICA: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE FUTURE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, by Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. New… Continue reading
“Pa. gerrymandering’s surprise co-conspirators: Democrats”
Philly Inquirer:
But all those Democrats omitted an important detail: Each one joined with the GOP legislative majority in 2011 to pass the map that the state’s highest court would toss out as a Republican partisan gerrymander.
In all, three… Continue reading
5th Circuit ID ruling … and the Texas redistricting case.
Earlier today, Rick noted the 5th Circuit’s opinion on Texas’s voter ID law. I agree with much of his critique of the court’s resolution of the section 3(c) preclearance issue.
In my post on the Texas redistricting cases earlier… Continue reading
Rick Pildes: “Why gerrymandering is going to get even worse”
Smart Rick Pildes at the Monkey Cage:
We have had only two redistricting cycles (2000 and 2010) in this transformed political terrain. When the stakes are so high that partisan control of the House might hang in the balance, more… Continue reading
Does the Chief Justice or Justice Gorsuch Have the Majority Opinion in Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case?
Tea leaf reading from my colleague Leah Litman:
https://twitter.com/LeahLitman/status/988783108194385920
Let me lay out a marker and say that if the Chief has it, I think he’s more likely to be the sixth vote to rein in partisan gerrymandering than the… Continue reading
Texas redistricting and the travel ban
(X-posted at Take Care.)
Two of the last SCOTUS mega-cases of the Term share a little something.
This morning, the Supreme Court hears argument in the Texas redistricting case. Tomorrow, the Court considers Trump’s travel ban. They’re both massive… Continue reading
“An Antidote for Gobbledygook: Organizing the Judge’s Partisan Gerrymandering Toolkit into a Two-Part Test”
Sam Wang and Brian Remlinger have posted this timely draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court appears ready to limit extreme partisan gerrymanders. However, defining “extreme” is a challenging proposition, since individual states differ in their political… Continue reading
“Partisan Gerrymandering and the Constitutionalization of Statistics”
Jacob Eisler has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Emory Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
Data analysis has transformed the legal academy, and is now poised to do the same to constitutional law. In the latest round of partisan… Continue reading