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Category Archives: redistricting
Texas Appeals 3-Judge Court Ruling on Congressional Redistricting to Supreme Court
Press release.
The case is not final, and so there may be some issues with this being an appeal of an interlocutory (interim) order.
On the merits, the ruling is pretty good for Texas compared to what the Court might… Continue reading
“Gerrymandering and the Constitutional Norm Against Government Partisanship”
This looks good! Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Michigan Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Article challenges the basic premise in the law of partisan gerrymandering that government partisan purpose is constitutional at all. The… Continue reading
“Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map”
Breaking: 3-Judge Court Issues Latest Order in Texas Redistricting Case (Congressional Seats), Finding Continued Intentional Racial Discrimination
You can find the court’s 107-page order here. From the conclusion:
In Part II, the Court concludes that the racially discriminatory intent and effects that it previously found in the 2011 plans carry over into the 2013 plans where… Continue reading
More SCOTUSBlog Posts on Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case
NC: “Redistricting criteria call for partisan maps, no consideration of race”
WRAL:
Map makers can use election data to achieve political goals as they redraw North Carolina’s legislative districts, but they’re forbidden from considering voters’ race under criteria approved Thursday by the House and Senate committees overseeing the process.
These rules… Continue reading
Likely the Most Important Brief Filed in the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case Supports Neither Party
This from Bernie Grofman and Keith Gaddie (with the great Josh Rosenkranz as counsel of record) may be the most important brief filed in the Gill case case:
Amici seek to assist the Court in understanding recent developments in social… Continue reading
More SCOTUSBlog Posts on Gill v. Whitford, the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case
“Measuring Efficiency in Redistricting”
Eric McGhee has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
There has been a recent surge in work on measuring partisan bias in single-member (SMD) redistricting plans. A classic SMD gerrymander is “efficient”: it “cracks” a party’s supporters… Continue reading
“A Summer School for Mathematicians Fed Up with Gerrymandering”
SCOTUSBlog Symposium on Gill v. Whitford, the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case
First entries from:
Amy Howe (explainer).
Thomas Wolf.
“The U.S. could be free of gerrymandering. Here’s how other countries do redistricting.”
Bernie Grofman and German Feierherd for the Monkey Cage.
“Here’s your chance to comment on shape of maps to correct NC gerrymanders”
News & Observer:
North Carolina Republicans have begun to release details of their schedule for drawing new boundaries to correct legislative districts found unconstitutional by the federal courts.
But they have not presented any maps to the public yet.… Continue reading