Category Archives: redistricting
“SCOTUS Rules Districts Be Drawn by Total Population, Not Voter Numbers”
Brentin Mock for CityLab.
“Counting All Persons is the ‘Theory of the Constitution’ When It Comes to Representation”
David Gans on Evenwel.
“Analysis: In Texas Case, Supreme Court Rules Nonvoters are People, Too”
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune:
The court ruled that Texas “may” use population as the basis for the size of its legislative districts. It didn’t say it must, however — that’s not the question the court was asked.
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“Fox’s Napolitano Falsely Claims SCOTUS’ Unanimous Voting Rights Decision Could Allow Undocumented Immigrants To Vote”
“SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person, One Vote'”
Pete Williams and Zack Roth report for NBC News.
“‘Fully Open’ After Evenwel”
“How a Challenge to Legislative Redistricting Backfired”
Garrett Epps on Evenwel for The Atlantic.
Evenwel Roundups
“Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states may count all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, in drawing election districts. The decision was a major statement on the meaning of… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Upholds ‘One Person, One’ Vote Principle”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR’s All Things Considered.
“Court upholds total population count in electoral districts”
Mark Sherman reports for AP.
Breaking/Analysis: Big Victory for Voting Rights as #SCOTUS Rejects Plaintiffs’ Claim in Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case
A unanimous Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott (with two Justices (Thomas and Alito) concurring in the judgment) has rejected the argument that states must draw district lines so as to equalize the total number of voters (as opposed to… Continue reading
“Originalism and the ‘one person, one vote’ principle”
Ilya Somin:
Prominent legal scholar Earl Maltz has an important new article arguing thatReynolds v. Sims (1965) and other Supreme Court decisions requiring state governments to follow the “one person, one vote” rule for apportioning legislative districts cannot… Continue reading