Category Archives: redistricting

“Revenge of the Anti-Federalists: What is at Stake with Vieth and the Gerrymandering of Congress”

October 26, 2016, 9:38 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner and Alex Keena: Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Vieth v. Jubelirer (541 US 267) is vulnerable. This… Continue reading

“Redistricting and Representation in the 2016 Elections and Beyond”

October 24, 2016, 7:16 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Liz Kennedy and Danelle Root for CAP.

“Go Midwest, Young Hipster If you really want Democrats to win in Iowa, move there.”

October 22, 2016, 6:35 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Alec MacGillis for NYT Sunday Review: Liberals have a simple explanation for this state of affairs: Republican-led gerrymandering, which has put Democrats at a disadvantage in the House and in many state legislatures. But this overlooks an even bigger… Continue reading

NC Racial Gerrymandering Decisions Featured in Ad Against NC Justice Edmunds

October 21, 2016, 8:13 amjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

Watch.

“Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign”

October 17, 2016, 7:52 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“We Must Address Gerrymandering”

October 13, 2016, 8:46 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Tom Mann for TIME.

“A Crisis of Representation”

October 7, 2016, 7:17 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena at Balkinization: In our new book Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, The Supreme Court and the Future of Popular Sovereignty, we look at an ongoing crisis in the way the House… Continue reading

“Voting for Change: The Supreme Court’s Election Law Cases After Scalia”

October 5, 2016, 10:13 amcampaign finance, election administration, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this article for the October issue of the OC Lawyer magazine. A snippet: With the Supreme Court gaining unknown new personnel, in the upcoming decade we are likely to see the Court split on ideological and partisan… Continue reading

“Meet the Dems’ chief weapon against remap reform: Michael Kasper”

September 25, 2016, 3:44 pmelection law biz, redistrictingRick Hasen

Crain’s Chicago Business: The go-to election lawyer for Mike Madigan and Rahm Emanuel is mildly horrified to hear some attorneys call him “the dean” of the election bar. The jolt comes during a rare interview with Michael Kasper, general… Continue reading

“Campaign Legal Center and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice File Lawsuit Over North Carolina’s Partisan Gerrymandered Congressional Districts”

September 22, 2016, 11:41 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Release: The Campaign Legal Center and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a complaint today on behalf of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina and numerous individual voters, arguing that North Carolina’s 2016 congressional redistricting plan… Continue reading

First Circuit, Relying on Evenwel, Rejects “Prison Gerrymandering” Claim

September 21, 2016, 3:47 pmfelon voting, redistrictingRick Hasen

You can find the unanimous 1st Circuit opinion at this link. Here is a statement from Demos. From the opinion: It is true that Evenwel did not decide the precise question before us. Nevertheless, we hold that its methodology … Continue reading

“Evenwel v. Abbott: Recent Developments at SCOTUS and Implications for Redistricting”

September 19, 2016, 9:18 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Upcoming CLE program with Jessica Ring Amunson.

Three Judge Court Dismisses Maryland Legislative Gerrymander Case on Procedural Grounds

September 8, 2016, 7:37 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

You can find the unanimous opinion, finding that the plaintiff, representing himself was precluded from suing on a gerrymander because he brought an earlier suit before the election, here.