The response is due January 9. My earlier post explaining this stay request is here: Correction: North Carolina Officials Try for Emergency SCOTUS Relief in Racial Gerrymandering Case.

News & Observer reports.

Mike Parsons on yesterday’s racial gerrymandering arguments.

Dan Smith: Today, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in gerrymandering cases from North Carolina and Virginia. Plaintiffs claim that GOP lawmakers in the two states excessively packed black voters into congressional and state legislative districts, thus diluting the influence… Continue reading

Here is a guest post from Professor Peter Schuck: Still in the Thickest Thicket Peter Schuck Just before Thanksgiving, a 3-judge federal court gave Democrats good reason to cheer. It struck down a Wisconsin districting plan favoring Republican candidates… Continue reading

Here. For my views on these cases generally, see my Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival, 67 Alabama Law Review 365 (2015).

Nina Totenberg reports for NPR on today’s racial gerrymandering cases being argued today at SCOTUS. For my views on these cases generally, see my Racial Gerrymandering’s Questionable Revival, 67 Alabama Law Review 365 (2015).