“Will 2019 bring an end to partisan gerrymandering?”
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Category Archives: redistricting
“The Supreme Court Could Make Gerrymandering Worse”
I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins:
The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to take up partisan gerrymandering cases from North Carolina and Maryland brought to mind a saying attributed to Judy Garland: Behind every cloud… Continue reading
Roundup of Stories on SCOTUS Decision to Hear North Carolina and Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Cases
Breaking: Supreme Court to Hear Partisan Gerrymandering Cases from North Carolina and Maryland in March
Here is the Court order.
On what this means, see my tweet thread yesterday.
And see
The Next Threat to Redistricting Reform, Harvard Law Review Blog, Oct. 22, 2018
How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting … Continue reading
“Panels to End Gerrymandering Could Reach SCOTUS Again”
Some Thoughts on What the Supreme Court Will Do with the Partisan Gerrymandering Cases Coming Before It
Tweet thread from me, starts here:
There's an excellent chance that tomorrow the Supreme Court will announce it will take up (again) the question whether partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional. Don't take an agreement to hear case as a sign the… Continue reading
Federal Court Remands North Carolina State Partisan Gerrymandering Case Back to State Court
This order was expected; an opinion is promised to follow.
Earlier coverage: With North Carolina Supreme Court Now Holding Democratic Majority, Republicans in North Carolina Legislature Seek to Move Partisan Gerrymandering Case to Federal Court.
“Voters Rejected Gerrymandering In 2018, But Some Lawmakers Try To Hold Power”
“Partisan Gerrymandering, the First Amendment, and the Political Outsider”
Bertrall Ross has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The most recent call for judicial intervention into state partisan gerrymandering practices ran aground on the shoals of standing doctrine in Gill v. Whitford.… Continue reading
With North Carolina Supreme Court Now Holding Democratic Majority, Republicans in North Carolina Legislature Seek to Move Partisan Gerrymandering Case to Federal Court
Michael Li has the details in this twitter thread:
North Carolina Republicans have removed the state-court partisan gerrymandering case challenging the state's legislative maps to federal court. Notice of removal here: https://t.co/cNnNyci9bW #fairmaps #ncpol 1/
— Michael Li 李之樸… Continue reading
“Jersey Democrats cancel vote on controversial redistricting plan”
NJ.com:
Inundated with fierce opposition from across the political spectrum, Democrats who lead the New Jersey Legislature have abruptly shelved a controversial redistricting plan that critics say could bolster their power for decades.
Democratic leaders had scheduled a vote for… Continue reading
“Va. House GOP asks U.S. Supreme Court to stop new electoral map”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Republican leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates have formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block a lower court’s efforts to redraw the House map for the 2019 elections.
In a court filing… Continue reading
“Democrats in New Jersey Have a Firm Grip on Power. They Want Even More.”
NYT:
Legislative power brokers across the country have long designed district lines in back-room deals that entrenched their control for years, if not decades. But now, Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are carrying out a power grab in an unusually… Continue reading
Supreme Court Might Not Hear North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Until Next Term, Meaning Possible Decision in June 2020, and Potentially Leaving NC Districts in Place for 2020 Elections and Perhaps Rendering Case Moot
So predicts key Court watcher John Elwood:
My instinct is Court won't act before 1/4 conference. I suspect they'll reschedule until late January, so argument would come next fall. I doubt John Roberts wants to revisit an issue that flummoxed… Continue reading