Josh Douglas Politico oped: It’s already become clear that increasingly partisan state legislatures can’t be trusted to draw fair maps, and the U.S. Supreme Court — given a chance to intervene — made things worse by washing its hands… Continue reading

WaPo: From Texas to Oregon, competitive congressional districts are disappearing. As states finalize new borders ahead of the 2022 midterms, state legislatures are approving maps they hope will advantage one party in the coming struggle to control the… Continue reading

Sam Wang: The Special Masters have a variety of options. One is to stay close to the current maps, making adjustments to deal with population shifts and to ensure compliance with the standards laid out by the Court in… Continue reading

Dave Wasserman on Twitter reports that the Virginia Supreme Court has unanimously appointed Sean Trende and Bernard Groffman as special masters for the court-supervised redistricting process.

Breaking News from The Hill Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, has vetoed the maps Wisconsin’s Republican Legislature sent him–as promised last week. “Republicans do not have enough support in the legislature to overturn the veto, sending the battle over the… Continue reading

Politico’s front page today features various articles on redistricting. Warning: Only read if you need one more reason to be depressed about the state of our democratic institutions. I think it would be good for someone in the thick of… Continue reading

Politico Georgia’s Republican-controlled legislature revealed its new congressional map on Wednesday. The new map seeks to claw back one of the two seats the party lost over the past three years to two female Democrats: Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux.… Continue reading

On Twitter The Washington Supreme Court to take over the process. Dave Wasserman from the Cook Political Report notes this is the emerging pattern for this cycle. “Last night, after substantial work marked by mutual respect and dedication to the… Continue reading