“A backstory on the Texas redistricting ruling”
Rick Casey in the San Antonio Express-News.
Category Archives: redistricting
“This is how to get rid of gerrymandered districts”
Ryan D. Williamson, Michael Crespin, Maxwell Palmer and Barry C. Edwards for The Monkey Cage:
Overall, independent redistricting commissions have done a better job at avoiding gerrymandering, as measured by these three traditional criteria. As a result, districts drawn by… Continue reading
“Judge throws out final challenge in 2012 Arizona redistricting case”
AP:
A judge on Thursday dismissed the final challenge to Arizona’s congressional and legislative district maps drawn by an independent commission in 2012.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Roger Brodman dismissed the challenge to the congressional map brought by a… Continue reading
Michael Li: “What’s Next in the Texas Redistricting Case?”
I asked Michael Li, who knows Texas redistricting issues as well as anyone, to explain some of the confusion surrounding the next stages of the case. The following guest post is very informative:
What’s Next in the Texas Redistricting… Continue reading
“Texas lost a ruling over its congressional map. So what’s next for the state?”
Jim Malewitz for Texas Tribune.
“Texas Congressional Maps Are Struck Down for Discrimination”
Manny Fernandez for the NYT.
Here is my analysis of the court ruling from over the weekend.
“Holder, Pelosi, McAuliffe start redistricting fundraising”
Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision
Last night I linked to the extensive ruling and findings of fact and conclusions of law in a very long-running dispute about whether Texas’s congressional districting were a violation of the Voting Rights Act and/or the Constitution. I have now… Continue reading
Breaking: District Court, Splitting 2-1, Finds Some Texas Congressional Districts Violate Voting Rights Act or Constitution
The long awaited lengthy opinion on the congressional plan, with a dissent by Judge Smith, is here. The numerous findings of fact and conclusions of law are here. (The court has not released findings yet on the state… Continue reading
“Ga. Republican Redistricting Plan Called ‘Blatant’ Power Grab”
WABE:
Thousands of metro Atlanta voters would find themselves in different state House districts under a Republican plan that Democrats allege reduces the influence of minority voters.
Similar moves in other states have been challenged in federal courts, according to… Continue reading
Georgia: “Democrats cry foul as House Republicans redraw district lines”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia House Republicans made a late bid Friday to change the district boundaries for eight Republicans and one Democrat.
The one Democrat, Rep. Sheila Jones, D-Atlanta, is not happy.
Jones said she didn’t know about House Bill … Continue reading
“Another redistricting blow for Virginia GOP: Judges award $1.3 million in attorneys fees”
3 Judge Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss in Another NC Partisan Gerrymandering Case
They are going to be piling up as we expect the Supreme Court to take up the Wisconsin case next term.
Today’s latest opinion, in Common Cause v. Rucho, is unanimous and discusses the efficiency gap. which plays a… Continue reading