“Divided over partisan election maps, Supreme Court could learn a lesson from divided college campus”
Richard Wolf for USA Today.
Category Archives: redistricting
“No bright line ruling likely on SCOTUS gerrymandering cases”
Barry Burden and Rob Yablon for The Hill.
Will the Pa. Supreme Court Order in the Partisan Gerrymandering Case Push Democrats Over the Top for Control of the House?
Harry Enten analysis with Political Wire commentary.
Texas: “Voting rights groups say a citizens commission could fix gerrymandering. It’s unlikely to happen”
“Can State Courts Cure Partisan Gerrymandering: Lessons from League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018)”
Jonathan Cervas and Bernie Grofman have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2018) the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a congressional plan that embodied one of the most… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Speech or Debate Case Issue Related to Pa. Gerrymandering Cases
From today’s order list:
17-1368 SCARNETI, JOSEPH B. V. AGRE, LOUIS, ET AL. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Here were the questions presented in the jurisdictional statement:
1. Did the lower court err in holding that… Continue reading
Jonathan Tobin Blames Voting Rights Act, Liberal Judges for Republican Gerrymandering
“Virginia Supreme Court upholds 11 challenged state legislative districts”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
The Supreme Court of Virginia declined to set aside a ruling that upheld 11 General Assembly districts that were challenged as being designed for political purposes.
In the Thursday ruling, the state’s high court upheld a March… Continue reading
“SCOTUS Ends One Partisan Gerrymandering Battle; More Remain”
“Goofy, Elephant, Squid: How Political Gamesmanship Distorts Voters’ Power”
Retro Report at the NYT on gerrymandering.
Tam Cho, Liu, Zang, and Cain: “The ‘Everything Bagel’ in Redistricting”
Here is a guest post from Wendy K Tam Cho, Yan Y. Liu, Emily R. Zhang, & Bruce E Cain:
In addressing the sometimes impossible problem of having to choose between sesame, poppy seed, onion, garlic or salt, the everything… Continue reading
Very Important William & Mary Law Review Redistricting Symposium Now Available
Good things come to those who wait. This is a particularly important symposium, given all that has happened and soon will happen with redistricting.
Issue 5 (APRIL 2018)
ARTICLES:
A Reasonable Bias Approach to Gerrymandering: Using Automated Plan Generation to … Continue reading
Chief Justice Roberts Almost Certainly Has, or Had, the Gill Partisan Gerrymandering Opinion
The ONLY case remaining from the October sitting (now that EPIC has been decided) is Gill, the partisan gerrymandering case and the only Justice who has not written yet from that sitting is CJ Roberts, who is skeptical of such… Continue reading
“Political Insiders Plotted the Most Gerrymandered District in America—and Left a Paper Trail”
The Washingtonian on the Maryland gerrymander at issue in Benisek.