Category Archives: redistricting

Holy Irony Dept: Rick Perry Edition!

January 6, 2012, 5:00 pmballot access, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Many have already noted that Rick Perry’s lawsuit to get on the ballot in Virginia asks a federal court judge to overrule state law, in great tension with Perry’s oft-asserted states’ rights position. But it gets better. Perry, whose state… Continue reading

“Chemerinsky on 3 Texas Election Cases with Potential for ‘Enormous’ Consequences”

January 6, 2012, 4:34 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, in the ABA Journal.

“Supreme Court to Examine Texas Redistricting”

January 5, 2012, 7:51 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic reports for USA Today.

Plaintiffs Petition Fifth Circuit En Banc in City of Irving Case Involving Counting Non-Citizens in Redistricting

January 5, 2012, 7:34 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Read the petition.

Brennan Center Preview of SCOTUS Texas Redistricting Case

January 5, 2012, 7:32 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here.

“New Study Evaluates Maps Drawn by California Redistricting Commission”

January 5, 2012, 7:28 pmcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies has issued this press release about this new report.

“Texas Primaries Await U.S. Supreme Court Ruling”

January 4, 2012, 6:24 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Texas Tribune reports.

Three Judge Court Smacks Down WI Legislature in Redistricting Suit

January 3, 2012, 7:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Read this: Quite clearly, the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly (collectively, “the Legislature”) and its attorneys are none too pleased with this three-judge Court’s prior orders, filed on December 8, 2011,and December 20, 2011, respectively. By those… Continue reading

Ten Lawyers Leaping: A New Year’s Redistricting Review

January 3, 2012, 3:01 pmredistrictingJustin Levitt

(Cross-posted from the Huffington Post) The 2011 holiday season brought plenty of election-related tidings, of comfort and joy to some and consternation to others. Now, in the first days of 2012, in between hitting “refresh” on Iowa caucus coverage,… Continue reading

“Three-judge federal panel says W.Va. Congressional redistricting is not constitutional.”

January 3, 2012, 1:11 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

See this opinion (via the Charleston Daily Mail).

Texas on Defensive in SCOTUS Redistricting Reply Brief

January 3, 2012, 1:08 pmDepartment of Justice, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can read the brief here (Texas Redistricting is posting all the reply briefs as they come in). I was struck in reading the Texas brief how much less persuasive it seemed than the earlier filings (the stay requests and… Continue reading