David Daley: Luxury cabanas atop Austin’s JW Marriott kept state legislators cool poolside as August-in-Texas temperatures soared above 103 degrees during each day of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2019 annual meeting. The gathered Republican officials could enjoy a $14… Continue reading

Alex Tausanovitch for CAP.

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You can find the complaint here. Here is what I wrote when a three-judge state court struck state legislative districts as a partisan gerrymander: First, it is not clear that there is enough time to bring such a challenge… Continue reading

Michael Harriott for The Root on the Hofeller Files.

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News and Observer: Raleigh Sen. Dan Blue, the top Democrat, vouched for the maps as well as Hise. Blue, a former N.C. Speaker of the House, has been involved in numerous redistricting efforts in past decades in North Carolina and… Continue reading

NPR: Despite the assertions of Senate leaders, there remains some skepticism about whether the court will agree to enact the maps the legislature approves.Stanford University professor and election law expert Nathaniel Persily was appointed Friday to help the court… Continue reading

The three-judge state court which found North Carolina’s legislative districts to be unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders under that state’s constitution has appointed Stanford professor Nate Persily as the referee/special master in the case. This means that Persily at the least… Continue reading

Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.