Dahlia Lithwick Interviews Douglas Smith About Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case at #SCOTUS
It’s the second half of this week’s Amicus podcast.
The first half has an interview with Carrie Severino about Justice Thomas’s role on the Roberts Court.
Category Archives: redistricting
Plutocrat Promises to Pressure CA Legislature if #SCOTUS Kills Independent Redistricting for Congress
Dan Morain reports.
It would be nice if the question of independent redistricting were up to neither Charlie Munger nor the Supreme Court, but instead the people of the state of California.
“The Role of Three-Judge Courts in Conservative Attacks on Campaign Finance Reform and Voting Rights”
David Gans:
Election law cases have come to the Supreme Court in droves in recent years, as conservative activists have taken advantage of federal laws that provide for a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in certain campaign finance… Continue reading
Linda Greenhouse on #SCOTUS Term, and Evenwel in the Next
NYT:
Last month, the court accepted another case without a split among the lower courts. Evenwel v. Abbott challenges the inclusion of noncitizens among those who are to be counted for the purpose of redistricting. The case reflects a cynical… Continue reading
“Arizona Republicans Planning Redistricting Push After SCOTUS Decision”
Reid Wilson for the Morning Consult:
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing a decision over the constitutionality of independent commissions created to draw district lines, but lawmakers in Arizona aren’t waiting for the outcome to start radically redrawing the state’s… Continue reading
“Counting Everyone for ‘One Person, One Vote'”
Mike Carvin Says SCOTUS Appeal Likely in VA Redistricting Case
“Texas case could alter Statehouse district lines”
Breaking: Federal Court on 2-1 Vote Finds Congressional Districting Plan Unconstitutional Racial Gerrymander
You can read the 105-page opinion and dissent from the three-judge court here. Following remand from the Supreme Court following the Alabama racial gerrymandering case, the three judge court today found that racial considerations predominated over others in the… Continue reading
“Voting Case Has Potential to Put House Further Out of Reach for Democrats”
Nate Cohn on Evenwel for NYT’s The UpShot.
Nate Persily on The Supreme Court’s Big Data Problem in Evenwel
Politico:
Legitimate philosophical arguments can be made in favor of using one set of statistics over another — just as one could argue that some concerns in redistricting, such as keeping counties or communities intact, should override the concern… Continue reading
Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” First Place Winner
We are thrilled to announce the first place winners of the Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” writing competition. Michael D. McDonald and Robin E. Best of Binghamton University (SUNY), authors of “Unfair Partisan Gerrymanders in Politics and Law: A Diagnostic… Continue reading
“A ‘magnificent seven’ county supervisors?”
OC Register editorial:
It’s counterintuitive, but, sometimes, one way to improve politics is to increase the number of politicians. That’s the theory behind Senate Constitutional Amendment 8, by state Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia. It would mandate that, beginning after… Continue reading