Category Archives: redistricting
“How Section 5 Blocked a GOP Power Grab in Texas”
Zack Roth writes for MSNBC.
“Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights Act Still Needed”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Molly Ivins Was Wrong About the Texas Legislature”
Jason Stanford: “Molly Ivins rarely missed the mark, but she whiffed when she called the Texas legislature ‘the finest form of free entertainment ever invented.’ Rick Perry has called the Texas legislature into special session on redistricting. That isn’t… Continue reading
“Judge Scolds Alaska Redistricting Board”
ADN:
A Fairbanks judge gave a stern rebuke to the Alaska Redistricting Board, saying in a decision Thursday that it was not worthy of the trust placed in it by the courts and accusing it of acting in a… Continue reading
Hey, What’s the Latest in that Texas Redistricting Case?
“Political Battles Still Dog Redistricting In California”
NPR:
In most states, the power to draw lines for political districts rests with legislators. In recent years, California voters have tried to make the process less political by taking it out of lawmakers’ hands. But not everyone is happy… Continue reading
“GOP lawmakers poised to quickly OK legislative, congressional maps”
The Dallas Morning News reports. Pretty sure this would moot the section 5 case before the Supreme Court, although it is possible the section 2 case could go on, and I imagine there would be a new section 5… Continue reading
“Appeals court shields lawmakers from testifying, showing draft maps in redistricting lawsuit”
Orlando Sentinel: “A divided appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida legislators should not be questioned under oath about whether they ‘intended’ to gain partisan advantage when they re-drew congressional maps last year.”
Texas Redistricting Court Sets Hearing to Consider Next Steps in Case
Read the order here. Much depends upon whether Section 5 remains valid once the Supreme Court decides the Shelby County case.
Supreme Court Summarily Affirms in Mississippi Redistricting Case
Here is the order list and here’s the background from Justin Levitt’s All About Redistricting site.
“Count Inmates In Hometowns, Not In Cells”
Tom Condon has this column in the Hardford Courant.
Chuck Todd on FairVote “Monopoly Politics” Study
“Redistricting Likely to Hamper Democratic Efforts in 2014, Study Finds”
NYT’s The Caucus:
Thanks largely to the way Congressional districts were drawn in the latest round of redistricting, even a dramatic wave election like the one in 2008 that swept President Obama into power and added to Democratic majorities… Continue reading