Category Archives: redistricting

“California Legislature is looking more moderate due to voting reforms”

November 13, 2014, 9:41 pmcitizen commissions, primaries, redistrictingRick Hasen

George Skelton LAT column: Until last week, no Democratic state legislator running for reelection had lost to a Republican in 20 years. Then suddenly three did. When incumbents start losing their legislative seats, it means something is happening. The national… Continue reading

“Race, Politics and Drawing Maps; The Supreme Court Hears an Alabama Case on the Voting Rights Act”

November 13, 2014, 9:27 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT editorial begins: As long as politicians are entrusted with drawing legislative maps, they will use their pen to gain partisan advantage. Courts generally do not interfere with that process, but there are limits to this where race is involved.… Continue reading

“Podcast: The Supreme Court considers racial gerrymandering”

November 13, 2014, 1:18 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

National Constitution Center: Rick Hasen from the UC-Irvine School of Law and Roger Clegg from the Center for Equal Opportunity join our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss one of the biggest Supreme Court cases this term, about the roles of… Continue reading

SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Roundup

November 13, 2014, 7:18 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

How Appealing and SCOTUSBlog have extensive roundups. For my writing on the case see this SCOTUSBlog preview this Slate commentary and this SCOTUSBlog oral argument analysis.

“Alabama Redistricting Case Divides Supreme Court”

November 12, 2014, 4:30 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marcia Coyle reports for the NLJ.

“Bloomberg Law: Voting Clash at the Supreme Court (Audio)”

November 12, 2014, 3:43 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: Voting Clash at the Supreme Court (Audio) Nov 12, 2014 Richard Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law and a leading authority on election law, discusses oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Justices Hear Black Lawmakers’ Challenge to Alabama Redistricting”

November 12, 2014, 2:05 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Adam Liptak reports for the NY Times.

“Did Alabama Violate the Voting Rights of Black Voters with New Districts?”

November 12, 2014, 1:36 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon discusses on NPR’s Here and Now.

Read the Transcript in the Alabama Redistricting Case at SCOTUS

November 12, 2014, 10:41 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“Court Weighs Role of Race in Alabama Redistricting”

November 12, 2014, 9:57 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Mark Sherman for AP: “The outcome could come down to whether the justices think that race was the motivating factor in the state’s 2012 redistricting or that Republicans merely tried to maximize their partisan advantage.”

“Alabama minority redistricting case seems to divide Supreme Court”

November 12, 2014, 9:51 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bob Barnes for WaPo: “The Supreme Court seemed divided Wednesday over and perhaps even stumped by a request that Alabama redo its state legislative redistricting plan that challengers said was drawn with too much emphasis on the race of voters.”

Derek Muller’s Take on Today’s Alabama Redistricting Case

November 12, 2014, 9:48 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

He attended the argument and wrote up his thoughts: “Bottom line: there seemed to be more sympathy for Alabama’s position over that of the petitioners, but the Court was quite scattered at oral argument, and the opinion could be… Continue reading

“U.S. justices weigh racially charged Alabama redistricting plan”

November 12, 2014, 9:23 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Reuters: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unsure how to resolve a challenge to a state legislature redistricting plan in Alabama that packed black voters into certain districts in a way that critics say diminishes their influence at… Continue reading

Interesting Ed Blum WSJ Oped on Alabama Redistricting Case at SCOTUS

November 11, 2014, 6:50 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

In my Slate piece and SCOTUSBlog preview of the Alabama redistricting case the Supreme Court hears Wednesday morning, I described the interesting position conservative Justices are put in by this case: it is not clear to me how the conservatives… Continue reading