“Cooper v. Harris: Proxy Battles & Partisan War”
Mike Parsons on yesterday’s Supreme Court racial gerrymandering decision.
Category Archives: redistricting
“The Supreme Court may just have given voting rights activists a powerful new tool”
I have written this oped for the Washington Post. It begins:
Sometimes the most important stuff in Supreme Court opinions is hidden in the footnotes. In Monday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down two North Carolina congressional districts as unconstitutionally influenced… Continue reading
Another Explanation for Justice Thomas’s Joining of Racial Gerrymandering Majority Opinion
I’ve already opined on what might have motivated Justice Thomas (and Justice Kennedy) so side how they did today.
An ELB reader passes along these additional thoughts about Justice Thomas and what comes next:
I’ve always been struck by Justice… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Upholds Rejection Of North Carolina Congressional Districts”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.
We May Soon Get a Hint on What the Supreme Court Thinks of Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, comes this stay application in the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case (Gill v. Whitford). The state wants the Supreme Court to put on hold a requirement that Wisconsin state legislative districts by November 1.
The Supreme… Continue reading
Partisan Gerrymandering Case Status
The Court’s decision this morning in the North Carolina redistricting case addressed allegations of predominant and unjustified racial intent. The state attempted to defend its actions, in part, by saying that it was just acting for partisan reasons.
The legal… Continue reading
Justice Kagan Gained Justice Thomas in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case; How Did She Lose Justice Kennedy?
I’ve noted how interesting and mysterious it is that Justice Thomas signed onto Justice Kagan’s opinion in today’s racial gerrymandering case. Given Justice Thomas’s views on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and his view of the clearly erroneous… Continue reading
NC redistricting, from someone not named Rick
Rick Hasen and Rick Pildes have already weighed in on the NC redistricting case this morning.
I agree with much of the Ricks’ analysis, and their assessment that this was utimately a win for voting rights plaintiffs. But I have… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent
The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance. Chief Justice Robert and Justices Alito and Kennedy dissented. That is… Continue reading
“Status Check: Where Voting Rights Cases Stand With The Supreme Court”
NPR Weekend Edition:
The high Court decided not to hear a case on North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. But other cases are moving forward. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Richard Hasen, law professor at UC Irvine.
“New Report: Extreme Partisan Maps Account for 16-17 Republican Seats in Congress”
Release:
The 2018 midterms will be fiercely fought, with a focus on control of the U.S. House after years of Republican dominance. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely hear a challenge to partisan gerrymandering in Gill… Continue reading
“When Does Political Gerrymandering Cross a Constitutional Line?”
New Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column:
The Supreme Court has never struck down an election map on the ground that it was drawn to make sure one political party would win an outsize number of seats. But it has… Continue reading
“Maryland Democrats’ faux redistricting reform”
WaPo editorial:
WITH ITS preposterously gerrymandered congressional voting districts, Maryland is an outstanding example of why states need nonpartisan redistricting reform. But the redistricting bill that emerged this year in Annapolis — in equal parts cynical and ludicrous — makes… Continue reading