Category Archives: redistricting
Breaking: 3-Judge Federal Court, on 2-1 Vote Holds WI Assembly Districts Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, Teeing Up Issue for #SCOTUS
In a major victory for those who believe that courts should be in the business of policing redistricting plans that give partisan advantage to one party or another, a three-judge court has ruled 2-1 that the Wisconsin assembly districts drawn… Continue reading
Debate: Gerrymandering is Destroying the Political Center
“The Year Ahead in Racial and Political Gerrymandering Law”
Extensive analysis from Michael Parsons.
Judicial Watch Files Supreme Court Jurisdictional Statement in Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case involving Congressional Districts
Two from Common Cause
“Revenge of the Anti-Federalists: What is at Stake with Vieth and the Gerrymandering of Congress”
The following is a guest post from Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner and Alex Keena:
Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Vieth v. Jubelirer (541 US 267) is vulnerable. This… Continue reading
“Redistricting and Representation in the 2016 Elections and Beyond”
Liz Kennedy and Danelle Root for CAP.
“Go Midwest, Young Hipster If you really want Democrats to win in Iowa, move there.”
Alec MacGillis for NYT Sunday Review:
Liberals have a simple explanation for this state of affairs: Republican-led gerrymandering, which has put Democrats at a disadvantage in the House and in many state legislatures. But this overlooks an even bigger… Continue reading
NC Racial Gerrymandering Decisions Featured in Ad Against NC Justice Edmunds
“Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign”
Politico reports.
“We Must Address Gerrymandering”
Tom Mann for TIME.
“A Crisis of Representation”
McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena at Balkinization:
In our new book Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, The Supreme Court and the Future of Popular Sovereignty, we look at an ongoing crisis in the way the House… Continue reading
“Voting for Change: The Supreme Court’s Election Law Cases After Scalia”
I have written this article for the October issue of the OC Lawyer magazine. A snippet:
With the Supreme Court gaining unknown new personnel, in the upcoming decade we are likely to see the Court split on ideological and partisan… Continue reading