Category Archives: redistricting

“From Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, and Back”

January 23, 2012, 7:32 amelection administration, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nelson Lund has posted this draft on SSRN (Case Western Reserve Law Review). Here is the abstract: This essay advances three propositions. First, Baker v. Carr and its early one person, one vote progeny were wrongly decided. Second, in light… Continue reading

Texas: standards for the San Antonio court

January 22, 2012, 9:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtJustin Levitt

As Rick noted in the flurry of posts following Friday’s Supreme Court redistricting decision, the San Antonio three-judge court must now put pen back to paper to come up with three new interim 2012 maps. And it’s been instructed to… Continue reading

“As Closed-Door Redistricting Drags On, Incumbents’ Edge Only Grows”

January 22, 2012, 9:04 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Supreme Court Rorschach Test on Voting Rights”

January 22, 2012, 8:29 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic blogs on the Texas redistricting decision.

“N.C. Court Denies Motion to Delay Primary”

January 22, 2012, 2:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Roll Call: “North Carolina Democrats looking for a court to overturn a Republican-drawn Congressional map took a hit today when a three-judge panel denied their motion to delay the primary, scheduled for May 8.”

Beldar Blog on Texas Redistricting Case

January 22, 2012, 2:15 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. For the record, I hardly think it racist to note that minorities, especially African Americans (but aside from Cuban-Americans in Florida) tend to vote for Democrats by very lopsided margins.