Category Archives: redistricting

Tuesday’s implications for redistricting

November 7, 2018, 3:23 amredistrictingJustin Levitt

Hi, all. Justin here. On Tuesday, voters in Colorado, Michigan, and maybe Utah (it’s still too close to call) approved ballot initatives changing the process for drawing state legislative and congressional lines, and voters in Missouri approved an initiative changing… Continue reading

Common Cause Files Supreme Court Brief Seeking Affirmance in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case

November 2, 2018, 3:38 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Opponents File Supreme Court Motion to Affirm in Rucho Case

November 1, 2018, 7:57 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find the document here. I believe it is almost certain the Court will set the case for argument (and I think chances of an affirmance are low with Justice Kavanaugh now on the Court, but we will… Continue reading

Supreme Court Won’t Take Pa Gerrymandering Case, Arguing State Supreme Court Didn’t Have Power to Draw New Districts

October 29, 2018, 7:24 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

SCOTUS declines this a.m. to hear Pennsylvania Republicans’ appeal of state court ruling ordering new congressional map. https://t.co/6txxfNrGvz #fairmaps 1/ pic.twitter.com/Nd8gOAZKZx — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 29, 2018 I expect this issue to be back before the Supreme Court… Continue reading

“If I Win My District, I’ll Get Rid of It”

October 25, 2018, 1:29 pmredistricting, UncategorizedRichard Pildes

I’m often asked why it makes any difference whether election districts keep towns and counties together, or are reasonably compact. This amusing op-ed, from the Democratic candidate running for a New York Assembly district that contains pieces of seven… Continue reading

Michigan: “Conservative group spending $1.2M to defeat Proposal 2 redistricting commission”

October 23, 2018, 4:14 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News: A conservative group with ties to the powerful DeVos family of West Michigan is pumping at least $1.2 million into an effort to fight a ballot measure for an independent redistricting commission. The spending by the Michigan Freedom… Continue reading

“The Next Threat to Redistricting Reform”

October 22, 2018, 7:29 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the Harvard Law Review Blog. It begins: These are perilous times even for those who think that federal courts have no business messing with how state legislatures draw lines for legislative and congressional districts… Continue reading

Upcoming So Cal Connected Episode on KCET Will Focus on Southern California Gerrymandering

October 19, 2018, 6:17 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Looking forward to watching this Release: “SOCAL CONNECTED, KCET’s Emmy® and Peabody® award-winning news documentary series for Southern Californians will premiere a new episode titled “Divide and Conquer” on Tues., Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. PT on KCET in Southern… Continue reading

“Kavanaugh, Court Could Bury Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges”

October 18, 2018, 3:20 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law.

Federal Court Appoints UCI Prof. Bernie Grofman to Redraw Virginia House Districts

October 18, 2018, 2:29 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Federal court appoints UC Irvine Prof Bernie Grofman as special master to assist court in redrawing Virginia house of delegates map. Order here: https://t.co/UChOmzvJlf #fairmaps 1/ pic.twitter.com/WHUaIuGcS6 — Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 18, 2018

“A plea to end all partisan gerrymandering challenges”

October 3, 2018, 4:33 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston: Reopening a deeply divisive controversy that has troubled the Supreme Court for 32 years, four state legislators from North Carolina have urged the Justices to bar all constitutional challenges to partisan gerrymandering. The decades-long search for a way… Continue reading

Michigan: “GOP pressure shaped state’s district maps, court records show”

October 3, 2018, 7:50 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Detroit News: Republican mapmakers who drew Michigan’s current political districts were pressured to appease lawmakers and made changes to help gain legislative approval, according to documents and depositions in a federal lawsuit. The documents show mapmakers in 2011 gave top… Continue reading