TPM: With anti-gerrymandering efforts gaining steam, Republicans in some states are mobilizing to protect their ability to continue rigging election maps. In late April, a Republican group backed by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce sued to keep a popular redistricting… Continue reading

Over at the Law and Politics Book Review, Robin Best reviews GERRYMANDERING IN AMERICA: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE FUTURE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, by Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, and Alex Keena. New… Continue reading

Philly Inquirer: But all those Democrats omitted an important detail: Each one joined with the GOP legislative majority in 2011 to pass the map that the state’s highest court would toss out as a Republican partisan gerrymander. In all, three… Continue reading

Jacob Eisler has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Emory Law Journal). Here is the abstract: Data analysis has transformed the legal academy, and is now poised to do the same to constitutional law. In the latest round of partisan… Continue reading

Vox reports.

The Fix: But not everyone agrees with the Brennan Center’s conclusion that gerrymandering will be a nearly insurmountable hurdle to Democrats’ chances this November to win back the House. Yes, gerrymandering is something Democrats need to overcome, but it may… Continue reading

The Economist: AS LONG as elections have been held, candidates have sought to bend the rules to their advantage. American political parties have taken gerrymandering to new heights, using computer models that enable districts to be crafted block by block… Continue reading