Richard Winger helpfully points out some confusion about the effects of Evenwel on reapportionment. So let’s make this clear.
1. At issue in Evenwel, is whether drawing district for state legislatures and other state purposes must be done on total… Continue reading
In my Slate piece on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Evenwel, which I wanted to title “Unsettling Precedents,” I argue that whether to use total population or total voters (or perhaps some other denominator) in redistricting to comply with… Continue reading
Joey Fishkin:
And so the question before the Court now is this: does a poor, urban, Latino kid, not yet 18, deserve to be able to say “this representative represents me. Not acres, trees, dollars, active voters, and so… Continue reading
“We don’t have a national list of citizens,” he said. The data cited in the Texas case come from a census survey of about 2% of households that counts citizens.
“If you are only counting 2% of the households, there… Continue reading