What in the World is Happening in the Texas Redistricting Case?
Still pending, and we are getting close to the 2016 election season….
Perhaps the case will be resolved before the 2020 round of redistricting.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Symposium: Evenwel v. Abbott and the Constitution’s big data problem”
Nate Persily’s contribution to SCOTUSBlog’s Evenwel v. Abbott symposium:
These points concerning the inaccuracy and variability of the potential alternative data sources for redistricting will likely receive less attention in Evenwel than familiar constitutional arguments concerning the proper interpretation of… Continue reading
“When Not All Votes Were Equal The U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders how legislative districts are drawn—and risks sending the country back to a time before ‘one person, one vote.'”
J. Douglas Smith, author of On Democracy’s Doorstep: The Inside Story of How the Supreme Court Brought ‘One Person, One Vote’ to the United States, has written this piece on Evenwel in the Altantic. He concludes:
Until the Supreme… Continue reading
“Rulings spark hopes for fairer districts”
Herald Tribune:
Since 2008, Florida has exhibited the political equivalent of a split personality, with a Democratic president twice winning the state even as Republicans racked up large majorities in the Legislature and congressional delegation.
Among the explanations for… Continue reading
Read the Brief for Appellants in the Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case
“Symposium: Ideology, partisanship, and the new ‘one person, one vote’ case”
I have written this contribution to SCOTUSBlog’s symposium on Evenwel v. Abbott. It begins:
It is tempting to think of the plaintiffs in Evenwel v. Abbott as conservatives. After all, the brainchildbehind this new “one person, one vote” lawsuit,… Continue reading
Justice Ginsburg Speaks on Citizens United, Arizona Redistricting
The Justice spoke at Duke. She said this about Citizens United (via Adam Liptak):
The court’s worst blunder, she said, was its 2010 decision in Citizens United “because of what has happened to elections in the United States and… Continue reading
“Va. Republicans reject McAuliffe’s request for redistricting meeting”
WaPo:
Republican leaders of Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday rebuffed an effort by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to strike a deal on the state’s congressional elections map before a court-imposed deadline.
Ilya Shapiro on Evenwel
Here, at the SCOTUSBlog symposium.
My submission to the symposium should post Friday.
“Florida Senate Admits Partisan Redistricting Violated State Constitution; Major Victory in National Drive for Fair Districts”
Release:
The Florida Senate agreed with Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Florida today that the Senate violated state constitutional anti-gerrymandering standards when it drew its 2012 district maps.
“Legislature sets special session for October to redraw Florida Senate districts”
Miami Herald:
The Florida Legislature has set yet another special session, this time for October to redraw the Florida Senate district lines that opponents had argued violated the state constitution prohibition on gerrymandering to favor or disfavor politicians.
The… Continue reading
“Ahead of Redraw, Virginia Republicans Jockey for Safe Seats”
“The new look at ‘one person, one vote,’ made simple”
Lyle Denniston for SCOTUSBlog. “Editor’s note: This post examines two cases the Supreme Court will review at its next Term: Evenwel v. Abbott, and Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. This post will be followed this week by… Continue reading
“Federal judge rules in favor of city in Greensboro redistricting lawsuit”
Details to come. From the earlier story:
The lawsuit calls the move by state lawmakers arbitrary, discriminatory and “tainted with bad faith.” Plaintiffs say the legislation strips the city council and its residents of a voice in how they run… Continue reading