Category Archives: redistricting

“Exclusive: new emails reveal efforts to redraw Florida political lines to favor Republicans”

November 23, 2014, 3:23 pmredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Naples Daily News: More than 500-pages of emails kept secret during an ongoing redistricting legal battle shed light on the behind-the-scene efforts by a handful of GOP political consultants to influence Florida’s political lines, according to documents obtained by the… Continue reading

“Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the Political Resegregation of America”

November 22, 2014, 6:45 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Andy Kroll reports.

“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”

November 18, 2014, 3:00 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly. As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.

“Did Race Play a Role in Alabama Redistricting?”

November 18, 2014, 7:41 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

MHP discusses with Janai Nelson and Amy Howe.

“US justices could toss legislative maps in AZ”

November 17, 2014, 7:32 amfraudulent fraud squad, redistrictingRick Hasen

Thor’s back. (For newer blog readers, my earlier Thor Hearne coverage.)

Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case

November 14, 2014, 11:16 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Court has now posted it here.

“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Race Reasoning in Alabama Redistricting: A View from the Supreme Court”

November 14, 2014, 9:57 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here: If ultimately forced to draw a new plan in the current post-Shelby world, Alabama would no longer have Section 5 to rely on—for better or worse. Instead, it would have to take account of the Voting Rights Act’s… Continue reading

“California Legislature is looking more moderate due to voting reforms”

November 13, 2014, 9:41 pmcitizen commissions, primaries, redistrictingRick Hasen

George Skelton LAT column: Until last week, no Democratic state legislator running for reelection had lost to a Republican in 20 years. Then suddenly three did. When incumbents start losing their legislative seats, it means something is happening. The national… Continue reading

“Race, Politics and Drawing Maps; The Supreme Court Hears an Alabama Case on the Voting Rights Act”

November 13, 2014, 9:27 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT editorial begins: As long as politicians are entrusted with drawing legislative maps, they will use their pen to gain partisan advantage. Courts generally do not interfere with that process, but there are limits to this where race is involved.… Continue reading

“Podcast: The Supreme Court considers racial gerrymandering”

November 13, 2014, 1:18 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

National Constitution Center: Rick Hasen from the UC-Irvine School of Law and Roger Clegg from the Center for Equal Opportunity join our Jeffrey Rosen to discuss one of the biggest Supreme Court cases this term, about the roles of… Continue reading

SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Roundup

November 13, 2014, 7:18 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

How Appealing and SCOTUSBlog have extensive roundups. For my writing on the case see this SCOTUSBlog preview this Slate commentary and this SCOTUSBlog oral argument analysis.

“Alabama Redistricting Case Divides Supreme Court”

November 12, 2014, 4:30 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Marcia Coyle reports for the NLJ.

“Bloomberg Law: Voting Clash at the Supreme Court (Audio)”

November 12, 2014, 3:43 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: Voting Clash at the Supreme Court (Audio) Nov 12, 2014 Richard Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law and a leading authority on election law, discusses oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading