“A Fourth Path in Evenwel: What Campaign Finance Jurisprudence Tells Us About Legislative Redistricting”
Michael Morley blogs at Balkinization.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Clearing the Political Thicket: Why Political Gerrymandering for Partisan Advantage is Unconstitutional”
Michael Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
A corrosive concept has infected the roots of our democracy. This insidious notion, which has eluded judicial grasp, is that legislators may constitutionally draw electoral districts for the… Continue reading
“Lawyers for elections board want map work to proceed”
More news from Va:
The plaintiffs and the original defendants in Virginia’s congressional redistricting case want a three-judge panel to proceed with drawing a new map over the objections of Republicans in the state’s delegation.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Case Threatens Representation of Children and Non-Citizens”
Release:
Supreme Court Case Threatens Representation of Children and Non-Citizens
An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Evenwel v. Abbott on Redistricting
Report and Interactive Maps
New York, NY, December 2, 2015
Population equality is the main criteria… Continue reading
Read the Reply Brief in Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
You can find it here.
More about the Supreme Court case, being argued Dec. 8, here at SCOTUSBlog.
“Perpetuating “One Person, ‘One Vote’ Errors”
This new one from Derek Muller (forthcoming Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy) going to the top of my reading list:
More than fifty years after Baker v. Carr, “one person, one vote” remains essentially inviolable. Among the consequences… Continue reading
“Argument preview: How to measure ‘one person, one vote'”
Don’t miss Lyle Denniston’s extensive preview of the Evenwel oral argument at the Supreme Court.
“Redistricting Reform Gains Steam”
“High Court Rejects Fee Dispute in Texas Redistricting Case”
AP:
The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from lawyers for former Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and others seeking $360,000 in legal fees after challenging state redistricting plans.
“The New Attack on ‘One Person, One Vote'”
Ari Berman on Evenwel.
“Redistricting case brings partisan politics, immigration and federalism before SCOTUS”
Mark Walsh previews Evenwel for the ABA Journal.
“Redistricting jury should pick Florida’s new plan”
J.H. Snider oped in the Sun-Sentinel.
He has also written Board, independent of Legislature, key to constitution fix for the Albany Times Union.
“Supreme Court Digs Into Redistricting”
Kimberly Robinson of BNA digs in to Evenwel, Harris, and Shapiro v. McManus.