No #SCOTUS Action in Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case Today
Orders list.
Tune in next week to see if the Court grants a hearing in the case for next term (as I’m expecting).
Category Archives: redistricting
“Supreme Court could tackle partisan gerrymandering in watershed case”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
The Supreme Court could announce as soon as Monday that it is either affirming or reversing the lower court’s decision, or, more likely, accepting the case for full briefing and arguments in the term that begins… Continue reading
Sheldon Adelson Organizing Super PAC to Support Republican Redistricting Efforts in 2020
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
One person filling some of the fundraising leadership void left by Trump: Sheldon Adelson, the party’s largest contributor, who is preparing for possible headwinds ahead of 2018, according to a person with knowledge of his plans.… Continue reading
Breaking: 3-Judge Court in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case Wants Briefing on Whether to Order Special Election, Etc.
The three judge court is acting even before the official mandate from the Supreme Court. Among other things, the court wants to know who speaks for North Carolina. A very good question.
“NC House, Senate cancel Cooper’s call for redistricting special session, calling it ‘unconstitutional’”
New Complications in NC Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Fascinating Lyle Denniston post:
Both sides in a new Supreme Court test case on partisan gerrymandering – drawing new election districts to favor one party – on Tuesday answered the Justices’ questions about whether the case should stay alive,… Continue reading
Revised Version of My Race or Party Paper Now Posted
I have now posted a revised version of “Essay: Race or Party, Race as Party, or Party All the Time: Three Uneasy Approaches to Conjoined Polarization in Redistricting and Voting Cases” (forthcoming William and Mary Law Review symposium… Continue reading
“Constitutional Connections: Race, partisan gerrymandering and the Constitution”
John Greabe writes on Cooper v. Harris for the Concord Monitor.
“SCOTUS’s Last Chance to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering?”
Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg BNA:
The U.S. Supreme Court could radically change how states draw their districts for federal and state elections as Republicans and Democrats are preparing to battle over the next redistricting cycle.
More than 30 years ago,… Continue reading
“Supreme Court’s next step on gerrymandering could be its biggest yet”
Ariane de Vogue for CNN.
“Rebuked Twice by Supreme Court, North Carolina Republicans Are Unabashed”
NY Times:
In Washington, efforts by this state’s Republicans to cement their political dominance have taken a drubbing this month. On May 15, the Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina elections law that a federal appeals court said had… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Ohio Motor-Voter Case; Remands NC Redistricting Case
(Apologies for the delay, as ELB was down this morning.)
After being relisted only once, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Husted v. A.Philip Randolph Institute from the Sixth Circuit. The question presented is: “Whether 52 U.S.C. § 20507… Continue reading
What are all these NC redistricting cases?
There are a bunch of North Carolina redistricting cases stacked up at the moment. A few of these are in front of the Supreme Court, and could move as early as Tuesday. Since we just had a North Carolina redistricting… Continue reading
“The Shifting Ground of Redistricting Law”
Very important Chris Elmendorf post at Balkinization, with a more negative view of Cooper v. Harris:
How then is a state to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which, as noted above, has long required states to… Continue reading