“Is This the Ugliest Redistricting Cycle Ever?”
Stu Rothenberg writes.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Judge Approves Democratic-Friendly Map in Colorado”
Roll Call reports.
Michigan Seeks VRA Preclearance from Court, Not DOJ
The trend continues.
“Common Cause files to participate in redistricting suit”
Politics in Minnesota reports (via RedistictingOnline.org).
“Arizona Court Blocks Temporary Return of Booted Redistricting Chief”
Roll Call reports.
“Dan Walters: New California Senate maps still not settled”
See here.
WaPo Quotes Martin Frost as Saying that Dems Could End Up with Three Extra Congressional Seats in Texas with Court Remap
“Breaking: DC panel denies Texas’ request for summary judgment on preclearance”
Texas Redistricting Blog:
The DC panel issued an order this morning denying the State of Texas’ request for summary judgment on preclearance of state house, state senate, and congressional maps.
The order states:
Having carefully considered the entire record… Continue reading
“Lawmakers Struggling Through Pennsylvania Redraw”
Roll Call reports.
Raskin and Richie on Gerrymandering in Maryland and Beyond
Here, in the Baltimore Sun.
“Ohio Redistricting Compromise Looks ‘Dead'”
Roll Call reports.
‘Brewer struggles to explain impeachment”
Politico reports.
Quote of the Day
“It looks like a rat and smells like a rat. It has the marks of a collusive lawsuit brought by a Republican against Republicans in a court likely to tilt to Republican interests.”
— Dan Tokaji, on a new… Continue reading
Justice Stevens on Redistricting and Courts in the Political Thicket
From the SCOTUSblog interview:
Question: Let me ask you a more substantive question, arising from your discussion of Reynolds v. Simsand the voting rights cases that the Warren Court decided. One thing that you have long urged is… Continue reading