Category Archives: redistricting

“Judge rejects House, Senate redistricting maps, recommends challengers’ plan”

October 9, 2015, 2:39 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Miami Herald: Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis on Friday rejected the Florida Legislature’s third attempt at redrawing its congressional districts and recommended a map proposed by the challengers — including a redrawn configuration of two Miami-Dade County districts —… Continue reading

#SCOTUS Will Hear Evenwel and Harris Voting Cases December 8

October 9, 2015, 8:55 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

And Fisher, the affirmative action case, on December 9. Confirmed by Supreme Court posting.

“Watchdogs Urge Court to Review Partisan Impact of Virginia’s Proposed Remedial Redistricting Plans”

October 8, 2015, 7:14 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

See this press release. Marc Elias on Twitter: “I love this brief! Claims my client’s plan is a GOP partisan gerrymander. Been accused of lots, but this is a first!”

“The New SCOTUS Term: What’s Law Got to Do With It?”

October 7, 2015, 10:12 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Eric Segall: The Supreme Court’s new Term starts today and it promises to be a blockbuster. The Justices have already agreed to hear important cases on affirmative action, public sector unions, and the death penalty, with abortion and voter… Continue reading

“Doubts about new redistricting case”

September 28, 2015, 4:57 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston for SCOTUSBlog: The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon told lawyers involved in a new case on the constitutionality of a congressional election district in Virginia to file new briefs on whether the case can go forward in the… Continue reading

More Evenwel Amicus Briefs

September 28, 2015, 1:39 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Brief of Hawaii Reapportionment Plaintiffs Fair Elections Legal Network

Evenwel Amicus Brief of LA and 19 Cities and Counties

September 28, 2015, 7:25 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

More Evenwel Amicus Briefs

September 27, 2015, 10:04 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Following up on this listing, I have received the following additional amicus briefs (all supporting Texas): Brief of 21 state attorneys general Lawyers’ Committee New York City Texas Senators Direct Action for Rights and Equality et al. NAACP LDF… Continue reading

Amicus Briefs in Evenwel Case

September 25, 2015, 7:14 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I’ve already linked to the Persily et al. brief. I have also received briefs from: the DNC Common Cause Harris County Brennan Center Former census bureau directors Constitutional Accountability Center ACLU Here is a list of additional briefs on the… Continue reading

Probably the Most Important Brief in Evenwel Has Just Been Filed

September 25, 2015, 7:27 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

It is the amicus brief of Nate Persily, Bernie Grofman, Charles Stewart, Steve Ansolabehere, and Bruce Cain. Hard to think of a better A-list of political scientists working at the intersection of election law and political science. Here is the … Continue reading

“Republican Lawmaker Says Inmates are Key to Defeating Corrine Brown”

September 24, 2015, 8:33 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Politico Florida: In a private gathering during last month’s Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting, state Rep. Janet Adkins told a group of North Florida GOP activists that the key to defeating Corrine Brown, a black Jacksonville Democrat, is… Continue reading

Read Texas’s Brief on Merits in #SCOTUS Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case

September 24, 2015, 7:41 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via Ballot Access News.

Federal Court Appoints UCI’s Bernie Grofman to Draw VA Congressional Districts

September 24, 2015, 7:24 amredistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“New lawsuit challenges Virginia legislative districts”

September 16, 2015, 6:55 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A lawsuit filed Monday in Richmond Circuit Court challenges 11 of Virginia’s legislative districts, arguing that they violate the state constitution’s requirement of compactness. The suit, backed by the nonpartisan redistricting reform group OneVirginia2021, challenges six Republican-held… Continue reading