Category Archives: redistricting

Rucho v. Common Cause and a weak version of the claims in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering dispute

March 8, 2022, 8:10 amredistrictingDerek Muller

Some commentary, here at ELB and elsewhere, has critiqued some of the justices’ statements in Moore v. Harper, the partisan gerrymandering case out of North Carolina, as inconsistent with the Court’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause. But… Continue reading

Read Wisconsin’s Emergency Supreme Court Petition Seeking to Overturn Redistricting Maps Approved by State Supreme Court

March 7, 2022, 10:50 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The claim in this petition relates to the Voting Rights Act and racial gerrymandering claims.

“Wisconsin Republicans to appeal redistricting case to U.S. Supreme Court”

March 6, 2022, 12:19 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A day after losing before Wisconsin’s high court, Republicans detailed plans Friday to take their redistricting fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to block the ruling it issued … Continue reading

“DeSantis says he’ll veto congressional map. Florida lawmakers passed it anyway.”

March 5, 2022, 10:40 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: Gov. Ron DeSantis couldn’t have made his message clearer: “I will veto the congressional reapportionment plan currently being debated by the House. DOA,” he wrote in a tweet delivered just minutes after legislators began final debate… Continue reading

“With legislative redistricting at a crucial stage, most Americans don’t feel strongly about it”

March 4, 2022, 8:03 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Pew Research Center: The once-a-decade process of legislative redistricting is a topic of intense interest for both parties and scores of lawmakers whose jobs may be riding on the outcome. But when asked their view of how redistricting is being… Continue reading

More Critiques of Strong Version of Independent State Legislature Theory (Josh Douglas, Ian Millhiser, Brennan Center), as NC and PA Cases Pend Before SCOTUS

March 4, 2022, 7:00 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Josh Douglas for Washington Monthly Ian Millhiser for Vox Ethan Herenstein and Thomas Wolf for the Brennan Center And now some opposition briefs in the PA case (via All About Redistrictin) Chapman (Acting Sec. of the Commonwealth)… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Supreme Courts picks Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ maps in redistricting fight”

March 3, 2022, 2:46 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The state Supreme Court approved election maps Thursday that were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but will give Republicans the upper hand in races for the Legislature. Thursday’s ruling builds off of a 4-3 ruling… Continue reading

Judge Sutton’s new book

February 28, 2022, 4:55 pmalternative voting systems, court decisions, redistrictingNed Foley

This essay focus on the election law implications of the new book by Jeffrey Sutton, Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit. Bottom line: given all the challenges confronting the operation of the electoral process in the United States currently, now… Continue reading

“As maps fall, GOP tries to neutralize state supreme courts”

February 26, 2022, 8:00 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

AP: Repeatedly stymied by local courts in their efforts to draw maps that make it easier for their party to win elections, Republicans are trying to neutralize the ability of state supreme courts to interfere in the politically-charged redistricting… Continue reading

Mark Brown: Making Sense of the Latest Moves in the Ohio Redistricting Fight

February 26, 2022, 10:44 amredistrictingRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Mark Brown: The last few weeks in Ohio have proved tumultuous in terms of redistricting for upcoming elections. On January 12, 2022 the Ohio Supreme Court, in a bipartisan opinion, concluded that… Continue reading

My New One at Slate on North Carolina’s Attempt to Get the Supreme Court to Allow It to Return to Partisan Gerrymandering of Congressional Districts

February 25, 2022, 4:48 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In a late Friday afternoon filing as war raged in Ukraine and as President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the… Continue reading

Breaking: North Carolina General Assembly Goes to US Supreme Court to Overturn State Supreme Court Decision Reining in Partisan Gerrymandering of Congressional (and Other Districts) (Link to Filing)

February 25, 2022, 2:37 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

As I feared, here the new filing. Analysis to come.

“Ohio Redistricting Commission approves 3rd set of 4-year legislative maps, see them here”

February 25, 2022, 7:26 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: With the threat of a delayed primary and penalties from the Ohio Supreme Court, four Republicans approved a third set of state House and Senate maps over the objections of Democrats and GOP Auditor Keith Faber.Because… Continue reading

“Texas’s Primaries are Happening on a Legally Disputed Congressional Map”

February 24, 2022, 7:05 amredistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WaPo interactive on growing Latino voting power.

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