Category Archives: redistricting

“Does Gerrymandering Violate Free Speech?; The League of Women Voters of Illinois is taking their case to the Supreme Court.”

January 31, 2012, 7:55 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The American Prospect reports.

“Jon Stewart and Lou Dobbs on Texas Redistricting”

January 31, 2012, 7:51 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Really.

“Redistricting Update IV: Unraveling the Redistricting Tangle”

January 30, 2012, 7:52 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Do read the Texas GOP’s official take on the status of the litigation.

How long? Not long.

January 30, 2012, 7:37 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

In this post about a recent Pa. Supreme Court 4-3 decision, I asked: How long before someone runs to federal court and argues that the state Supreme Court order, by using districts from the last decade, is in violation of… Continue reading

Texas Redistricting Talks Reportedly Broken Down but Could be Revived

January 30, 2012, 1:30 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here.

More from Texas Redistricting Blog

January 29, 2012, 3:37 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See DOJ on the Meaning of the SCOTUS Opinion and a Press Roundup.

Roundup of CA Supreme Court Redistricting Decision Stories

January 28, 2012, 3:36 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Here. My earlier coverage is here.

Texas Redistricting Deal to Help Congressional Dems?

January 27, 2012, 4:31 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Hill reports. It is hard to see Texas Republicans going along with this, but we will see. Michael Li live-tweeted today’s very long hearing before the three-Judge court in San Antonio, and it sounds like the primary… Continue reading

Breaking News: CA Supreme Court Says 2012 Commission Maps Will Be Used Even if Referendum on Senate Districts Qualifies for the Ballot

January 27, 2012, 10:16 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

You can find the opinion here. Justin told us it would be so. What is perhaps most worthy of interest in this case is the concurring opinion of Justice Goodwin Liu, counseling restraint in the area of redistricting. (This… Continue reading

“Messin’ with Texas; The Legal Wrangle over Redistricting”

January 27, 2012, 10:01 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Must-read Sam Issacharoff piece in the Boston Review: Texas shows that asking the wrong question yields no good answer. So long as the question is how many seats Republican insiders should give to Democratic and Hispanic outsiders, the answer will… Continue reading

“Why redistricting commissions aren’t immune from politics”

January 27, 2012, 8:19 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Stateline reports.

Criticism of PA Justice Baer

January 27, 2012, 8:02 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Following up on this post, the Pa. GOP has blasted Justice Baer for talking to the press about an ongoing case and for taking at trip to Puerto Rico while the redistricting opinion is pending.