“The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering”
Norm Ornstein on the Arizona case coming to SCOTUS.
Category Archives: redistricting
Judge Posner on the Drafting History of Gray v. Sanders
From Ron Collins’ great Posner on Posner series:
Professor Robert M. O’Neil: Perhaps your most remarkable contribution as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice William Brennan was the total change in the status of Gray v. Sanders (1963). You… Continue reading
Paul Clement Brief for Arizona in SCOTUS Redistricting Case Filed
Here.
“If The Supreme Court Reads This Study, It Could End Partisan Gerrymandering Forever”
Ian Millhiser writes.
I was surprised to see no mention of Voting Rights Act requirements in drawing these districts.
“Making Ohio’s Electoral System a National Model”
Dec. 10 Bipartisan Policy Institute event at Ohio State:
Ohio is at the epicenter of electoral policy discussions in the United States. Over the next two years, Ohio will again engage in debates about redistricting reform, early voting, voter registration… Continue reading
“Republicans go head-to-head on redistricting reform”
A complicated picture in Ohio.
“Editorial: Fix This Ridiculous Map”
“Gerrymandering is a Texas tradition whose time has come and gone”
“Exclusive: new emails reveal efforts to redraw Florida political lines to favor Republicans”
Naples Daily News:
More than 500-pages of emails kept secret during an ongoing redistricting legal battle shed light on the behind-the-scene efforts by a handful of GOP political consultants to influence Florida’s political lines, according to documents obtained by the… Continue reading
“Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the Political Resegregation of America”
Andy Kroll reports.
“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”
Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly.
As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.
“Did Race Play a Role in Alabama Redistricting?”
MHP discusses with Janai Nelson and Amy Howe.
“US justices could toss legislative maps in AZ”
Thor’s back.
(For newer blog readers, my earlier Thor Hearne coverage.)
Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
The Court has now posted it here.