“One Person One Vote Goes to the Supreme Court”
Great interview with Nate Persily by Madeiline Brand.
Category Archives: redistricting
“‘One Man, One Vote’ Keeps Changing”
Noah Feldman for Bloomberg View.
Why the Court Should Leave the Choice of One Person One Vote Rules to the States
In my Slate piece on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Evenwel, which I wanted to title “Unsettling Precedents,” I argue that whether to use total population or total voters (or perhaps some other denominator) in redistricting to comply with… Continue reading
“Supreme Court to consider redefining ‘one-person, one-vote’ principle”
Richard Wolf reports for USA Today.
“Of People, Trees, Acres, Dollars, and Voters”
Joey Fishkin:
And so the question before the Court now is this: does a poor, urban, Latino kid, not yet 18, deserve to be able to say “this representative represents me. Not acres, trees, dollars, active voters, and so… Continue reading
“5 Points On How ‘One Person, One Vote’ Is Suddenly In Jeopardy”
Tierney Sneed for TPM.
Divided 4th Circuit Panel Revives Redistricting Suit in Wake County, NC School Board Elections
Very interesting opinion and dissent, relying on a Larios-type claim for rejecting deviations from one person, one vote principles.
Quote of the Day: Evenwel Edition
“We don’t have a national list of citizens,” he said. The data cited in the Texas case come from a census survey of about 2% of households that counts citizens.
“If you are only counting 2% of the households, there… Continue reading
“Supreme Court could deal California ‘a one-two punch’ on redistricting”
“U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether ‘one person, one vote’ includes non-citizens”
David Savage reports for the LA Times.
See also Melanie Mason’s, “Could U.S. Supreme Court Shrink California’s Congressional Clout?”
“Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas redistricting plan”
Bob Barnes reports for WaPo.
“Supreme Court to Consider How to Calculate Size of Voting Districts”
Jess Bravin reports for the WSJ.
Prediction: The Most Important Brief in the Evenwel Case
…will likely be an amicus brief by political scientists (probably supporting neither party) explaining how difficult and contentious it would be to put in practice a voters only measure of population for redistricting purposes.
“Supreme Court to Weigh Meaning of ‘One Person One Vote’”
Adam Liptak reports for the NYT:
In the new case, the Supreme Court may decide that states can determine for themselves which standard to use. Even such a ruling could have a major impact, Professor Pildes said.
“If the court… Continue reading