“‘Pivotal Moment’ for Democrats? Gerrymandering Heads to Supreme Court”
Michael Wines on the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case heading to SCOTUS.
Category Archives: redistricting
Breaking: Divided District Court Finds Texas Engaged in Intentional Race Discrimination in Drawing TX House Districts
The same three-judge court that recently held that Texas’s congressional redistricting violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act in drawing some districts has now issued this new decision and these findings of fact in relation to the challenge… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos and Ruth Greenwood’s Gerrymandering Wedding Cake Also on John Oliver Segment
Watch around the 14 minute mark (NSFW).
Justin Levitt Makes It onto John Oliver’s Segment on Gerrymandering!
At about the 12 minute mark.
“Why you should stop blaming gerrymandering so much. Really.”
Aaron Blake:
But gerrymandering is also blamed too much for too many things — especially for our political polarization and for Republicans’ strong advantage in the House. Just last week, an op-ed in The Washington Post blamed gerrymandering for breeding … Continue reading
“How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering”
Big piece in Quanta Magazine.
Status Conference Order in TX Redistricting Cases Suggests Further Action on State House Case, Issue of Putting Texas Back under Federal Supervision
A few weeks ago the three-judge court decided a challenge to the 2011 Texas congressional redistricting plan. Pending is a challenge to the 2011 House districts. That opinion may come any time. There also needs to be a trial on… Continue reading
The WI Gerrymandering Case and the Costs of Mandatory Jurisdiction
The 2-1 federal court decision striking down Wisconsin’s redistricting plans for the state legislature as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, Whitford v. Gil, is without doubt the most significant lower federal court decision on partisan gerrymandering the lower courts have ever… Continue reading
What Happened to Paul Clement’s Representation of WI in Partisan Gerrymandering Case?
Back in February it was reported that the Wisconsin legislature was bringing in Paul Clement to work on the partisan gerrymandering case.
Last week the Wisconsin DOJ filed its jurisdictional statement (the equivalent of a cert. petition for an appeal). … Continue reading
Texas Responds in Cong. Redistricting Case: Whoa….Sloooooow Down on Remedy….It’s Only Been Six Years
“Is Bethune-Hill a Major Voting Rights Victory or the Next Northwest Austin?”
Michael Parsons:
I agree with Pildes and Elias that Bethune-Hill is a significant decision that is likely to have profound consequences. But is this big news also good news? We’ll see. Many leading authorities foresee the Supreme Court growing increasingly… Continue reading
“Trump can’t stop the Freedom Caucus. He has GOP gerrymandering to blame”
David Daley for WaPo’s Post Everything.
“S.F. political scientist spots bias in rigged U.S. elections”
James Matson oped in the SF Chronicle:
A much-anticipated U.S. Supreme Court showdown soon will decide whether America’s major political parties can continue to rig American elections without violating the Constitution.
The case of Whitford vs. Gill will test the… Continue reading