“Crossing State Lines: The Supreme Court’s conservatives may be preparing an attack on states’ ability to combat partisan gerrymandering.”
Mark Stern for Slate.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Paul Smith and Marcia Coyle in Conversation: Gerrymandering at the Supreme Court”
“The Supreme Court’s Elections Clause dilemma in Pennsylvania”
Lyle Denniston for Constitution Daily.
Head of NRCC Says Republicans May Hold the House Because of Gerrymandering
NRCC Chair brags that gerrymandering is the #1 reason GOP will hold the House in 2018. https://t.co/5diFJ79shI pic.twitter.com/9Wq5VFnpYJ
— Jared Leopold (@jaredleopold) January 30, 2018
“Millions of Voters Will Cast Ballots in November in Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered Districts”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones:
This fall, millions of voters will cast ballots in legislative districts that have been deemed unconstitutional. Courts have repeatedly tossed out Republican-drawn electoral maps for excessive gerrymandering, but those maps will remain in effect through… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Partisan Gerrymandering Edition
“I liked working for them in ’02,…“because I’d sit down with a lawyer and they’d say, ‘I like competitive maps. When a map is competitive, we can win on the merits.’ By the time I get around to 2011, they’ve… Continue reading
Justice Alito (Belatedly) Calls for Response in PA Congressional Gerrymandering Case
After a strange period of delay which I thought signaled a denial of a stay was coming in this case, Justice Alito has requested a response in this case, due Friday Feb. 2 at 4 pm.
(The petitioner Republican legislators… Continue reading
“Common Cause Files & Coordinates Bipartisan Amici in Landmark Supreme Court Challenge to Maryland Democrats’ Partisan Gerrymander”
Release:
Today, Common Cause joined an ideologically diverse group of governors, members of Congress, local government leaders, and others in filing amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to put an end to partisan gerrymandering. On March 28, the Court will… Continue reading
Republican Party Funds Amicus Brief of Six Republican Secretaries of State (Including AL SOS John Merrill) Seeking to Stop Pennsylvania Redistricting Ordered by State Supreme Court to Cure Partisan Gerrymandering
Great find from Richard Winger:
The Secretaries of State of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and South Carolina have filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the Pennsylvania U.S. House lawsuit over partisan gerrymandering. This… Continue reading
Pa: “Governor Wolf to Enlist Non-Partisan Mathematician to Evaluate Fairness of Redistricting Maps”
Release:
Governor Wolf today announced he will enlist a non-partisan mathematician, Moon Duchin, Ph.D. an Associate Professor of Mathematics from Tufts University, to provide him guidance on evaluating redistricting maps for fairness. Governor Wolf has made clear since the Supreme… Continue reading
Justice Alito Has Not Yet Acted on Pa. Congressional Gerrymandering Stay Request from Pa. Legislative Republicans. Why?
On Thursday, Pennsylvania Republicans sought to stop a Pa Supreme Court order requiring that the state’s congressional districts be redrawn because they violate the state Constitution.
The claim to the United States Supreme Court is an extreme long shot because… Continue reading
Full Employment for @Persily Month
Penn Live:
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has retained a special advisor and asked for technical data in the event it needs to become more directly involved in creating Pennsylvania’s next Congressional district map.
The court issued an order Friday naming… Continue reading
“The courts may address partisan gerrymandering. Virginia and Maryland, take note.”
“Republicans in Pennsylvania ask the Supreme Court to restore their map”
Steve Mazie blogs for The Economist.