Category Archives: redistricting

Nate Persily on AZ Redistricting Decision, Etc.

June 29, 2015, 1:02 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate, whose work was cited multiple times in today’s decision, writes: While observers of the Court will read into these opinions – as they should — larger principles of legislative deference or fundamental rights or respect for the democratic… Continue reading

“Mindlessly Literal Reading Loses Again; This Supreme Court decision is a dig at Bush v. Gore.”

June 29, 2015, 12:08 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here’s my piece at Slate on today’s AZ redistricting ruling from the Supreme Court. It begins: The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with another major rejection of conservative attempts to use wooden, textualist arguments to upset sensible policies. The… Continue reading

Ned Foley on the AZ Redistricting Decision

June 29, 2015, 11:47 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

At Moritz: “The majority contends that its counterintuitive reading of ‘the Legislature’ is necessary to advance the ‘animatingng principle’ of popular sovereignty.” With this sentence in his dissent (at page 14), Chief Justice Roberts gets to the heart of the… Continue reading

“No Guarantee That Redistricting Verdict Will Help Democrats”

June 29, 2015, 11:07 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate Cohn for NYT’s The Upshot.

Breaking: #SCOTUS Upholds Independent AZ Redistricting Commission 5-4

June 29, 2015, 7:28 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can read the 5-4 opinion here. I will have a piece posting soon at Slate on the larger meaning of the case, but here are some thoughts in the interim: 1. The key holding (aside from standing): AZ… Continue reading

“One-Third Of Congressional Districts Could Be Affected By Supreme Court Ruling”

June 28, 2015, 11:28 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NPR reports.

Arizona on the Mind: A Response to Rick Pildes

June 26, 2015, 12:49 pmredistricting, Supreme Courtredistricting, Supreme CourtBob Bauer, guest-blogger

My friend and NYU colleague Rick Pildes, anticipating the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Arizona redistricting case, argues strongly for the Court to let independent redistricting commissions flourish. The question presented – – whether “legislature” can be read to mean… Continue reading

Judicial Watch Files Partisan Gerrymandering Lawsuit Against MD Congressional Districting

June 24, 2015, 9:20 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Complaint.

Dahlia Lithwick Interviews Douglas Smith About Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case at #SCOTUS

June 14, 2015, 8:49 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

It’s the second half of this week’s Amicus podcast. The first half has an interview with Carrie Severino about Justice Thomas’s role on the Roberts Court.

Plutocrat Promises to Pressure CA Legislature if #SCOTUS Kills Independent Redistricting for Congress

June 14, 2015, 8:37 amcitizen commissions, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Dan Morain reports. It would be nice if the question of independent redistricting were up to neither Charlie Munger nor the Supreme Court, but instead the people of the state of California.

“The Role of Three-Judge Courts in Conservative Attacks on Campaign Finance Reform and Voting Rights”

June 12, 2015, 8:13 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Gans: Election law cases have come to the Supreme Court in droves in recent years, as conservative activists have taken advantage of federal laws that provide for a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in certain campaign finance… Continue reading

Linda Greenhouse on #SCOTUS Term, and Evenwel in the Next

June 11, 2015, 7:39 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: Last month, the court accepted another case without a split among the lower courts. Evenwel v. Abbott challenges the inclusion of noncitizens among those who are to be counted for the purpose of redistricting. The case reflects a cynical… Continue reading

“Arizona Republicans Planning Redistricting Push After SCOTUS Decision”

June 11, 2015, 7:24 amElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Reid Wilson for the Morning Consult: The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing a decision over the constitutionality of independent commissions created to draw district lines, but lawmakers in Arizona aren’t waiting for the outcome to start radically redrawing the state’s… Continue reading