Lyle Denniston: Although the court did not explain its willingness to schedule a hearing at the same time that it voted to block the lower court ruling in the meantime, its actions on Monday were not favorable to the challengers… Continue reading

Vox on McGhee/Stephanopoulos’s efficiency gap.

Here’s a radio interview I did with Texas Standard.(corrected link)

Listen with hosts June Grasso and Greg Stohr.

In addition to my piece in The Atlantic (Justice Kennedy’s Beauty Pageant) on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford, here’s more coverage/analysis: Adam Liptak-NYT Bob Barnes-WaPo David Savage-LAT AP Greg Stohr-Bloomberg… Continue reading

I have written this piece for The Atlantic on today’s decision to hear the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering claim. It begins: The partisan gerrymandering beauty pageant is returning to the Supreme Court next fall for a limited engagement for an audience… Continue reading

[UPDATE: About an hour after the Court issued its order agreeing to hear this case, it issued a second order, on a 5-4 vote, granting a stay of the lower court order in this case. The four liberal Justices dissented.… Continue reading

As early as Monday morning, the Court may announce whether it will hear the appeal in Gill v. Whitford, concerning the constitutional challenge to Wisconsin legislative districting as a partisan gerrymander. I’ll be writing more if/when the Court grants a… Continue reading

This afternoon without comment the Supreme Court denied a motion to have the mandate of the Covington case issued immediately. What this means in non-technical terms is that the challengers wanted the case immediately returned to the three-judge court to… Continue reading

WFAE: Cooper: It’s pretty rare when the United States Supreme Court issues a 9-0 decision on such a controversial issue as redistricting. But it’s clear that these racially gerrymandered districts are unconstitutional. I don’t think we should have another budget… Continue reading

I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, ACS Supreme Court Review).  Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court, like the Lord, sometimes works in mysterious ways. Back in the 1990s, a group of conservative activists convinced a… Continue reading

Orders list. Tune in next week to see if the Court grants a hearing in the case for next term (as I’m expecting).