David Gans: Election law cases have come to the Supreme Court in droves in recent years, as conservative activists have taken advantage of federal laws that provide for a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in certain campaign finance… Continue reading

NYT: Last month, the court accepted another case without a split among the lower courts. Evenwel v. Abbott challenges the inclusion of noncitizens among those who are to be counted for the purpose of redistricting. The case reflects a cynical… Continue reading

Jost on Justice.

WaPo.

CNHI reports.

You can read the 105-page opinion and dissent from the three-judge court here. Following remand from the Supreme Court following the Alabama racial gerrymandering case, the three judge court today found that racial considerations predominated over others in the… Continue reading

Nate Cohn on Evenwel for NYT’s The UpShot.

Politico: Legitimate philosophical arguments can be made in favor of using one set of statistics over another — just as one could argue that some concerns in redistricting, such as keeping counties or communities intact, should override the concern… Continue reading