“Voting Rights 2.0: Why we still need the Voting Rights Act, and how the Supreme Court could make it work better instead of striking it down.”
Extensive and nuanced Emily Bazelon piece for Slate.
Category Archives: redistricting
What To Do About the Texas Redistricting Case?
The Supreme Court’s decision over the constitutionality of section 5 and the Court’s failure to take action on Texas’s appeal in its section 5 redistricting case has put the three-judge federal court in San Antonio hearing the section 2 challenge… Continue reading
“Ohio Redistricting Overhaul Gains Support”
“More applicants, diversity needed for Austin redistricting panel”
Austin-American Statesman: “The city since late January has been urging residents to apply for the map-drawing commission. So far, it has received only 98 applications, all but a handful from white men. Only five applicants are Hispanic, two are… Continue reading
“Emails raise questions about Fla. redistricting”
“Hispanic Rise in Republican Districts Shifts House Debate”
“Ruling by House speaker deals blow to Senate redistricting”
Richmond Times-Dispatch: “[Virginia] Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, has ruled that the surprise changes that the Senate made to redistricting legislation are out of order, dealing a blow to GOP hopes to redraw districts.”
“Va. House speaker is expected to kill GOP Senate redistricting plan”
Video: “Law and Democracy: A Symposium on Political Law”
Watch the video’s of this great event:
“Law and Democracy: A Symposium on Political Law”
November 16, 2012
This year’s annual George Washington University Law Review symposium took a look at the laws that govern our democratic process soon after… Continue reading
“Gerrymandering is not what’s wrong with American politics”
John Sides writes for WonkBlog.
“Black delegate decides against Va. GOP’s redistricting map”
The latest from Virginia.
“The Great Gerrymander of 2012”
Sam Wang oped in the NYT.
“Redistricting Commission immune from grilling for decisions”
Persily: Studying Redistricting Like Anthropologist Studying Cannibals
Wow:
Both Republicans and Democrats regularly exhibit such greed and dishonesty in manipulating electoral maps that a Columbia University expert who studies the practice likened his work to that of an anthropologist who observes cannibals.
“I have to replace… Continue reading