Category Archives: redistricting

“Analysis: In Texas Case, Supreme Court Rules Nonvoters are People, Too”

April 5, 2016, 10:59 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune: The court ruled that Texas “may” use population as the basis for the size of its legislative districts. It didn’t say it must, however — that’s not the question the court was asked. Want… Continue reading

“Fox’s Napolitano Falsely Claims SCOTUS’ Unanimous Voting Rights Decision Could Allow Undocumented Immigrants To Vote”

April 5, 2016, 10:18 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Media Matters reports.

“SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person, One Vote'”

April 5, 2016, 7:23 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Pete Williams and Zack Roth report for NBC News.

“‘Fully Open’ After Evenwel”

April 5, 2016, 7:08 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

“How a Challenge to Legislative Redistricting Backfired”

April 4, 2016, 7:20 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Garrett Epps on Evenwel for The Atlantic.

Evenwel Roundups

April 4, 2016, 4:25 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

At SCOTUSBlog and How Appealing.

“Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’”

April 4, 2016, 3:39 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states may count all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, in drawing election districts. The decision was a major statement on the meaning of… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Upholds ‘One Person, One’ Vote Principle”

April 4, 2016, 3:35 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nina Totenberg reports for NPR’s All Things Considered.

“Court upholds total population count in electoral districts”

April 4, 2016, 9:30 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Mark Sherman reports for AP.

Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs’ Claim in Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case

April 4, 2016, 7:15 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

A unanimous Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott (with two Justices (Thomas and Alito) concurring in the judgment) has rejected the argument that states must draw district lines so as to equalize the total number of voters (as opposed to… Continue reading

“Originalism and the ‘one person, one vote’ principle”

March 31, 2016, 6:20 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Ilya Somin: Prominent legal scholar Earl Maltz has an important new article arguing thatReynolds v. Sims (1965) and other Supreme Court decisions requiring state governments to follow the “one person, one vote” rule for apportioning legislative districts cannot… Continue reading

“Maryland can’t act alone to end gerrymandering”

March 25, 2016, 3:03 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Rob Richie and Austin Plier in WaPo: Change certainly is needed. Maryland’s obviously manipulated congressional districts have produced results that skew in favor of Democrats. Only one of eight seats is held by a Republican, and white male Democrats… Continue reading

“Judges hear arguments in gerrymandering lawsuit, decision to come later”

March 25, 2016, 11:20 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: A panel of three federal judges heard arguments Wednesday on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Democrats who say that the 2011 redistricting of state legislative boundaries was an extreme and… Continue reading