Category Archives: redistricting

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.

“North Carolina Court Imposes New District Map, Eliminating G.O.P. Edge”

February 24, 2022, 6:56 amredistrictingRick Hasen

NYT: A North Carolina court rejected a Republican-drawn map of the state’s 14 congressional districts on Wednesday and substituted its own version, the second time in less than two weeks that a court in the state has invalidated a… Continue reading

“Finger-pointing, apologies, pleas for more time: Ohio Redistricting Commission members explain why they shouldn’t be held in contempt of court”

February 23, 2022, 11:16 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: Asked to explain why the Ohio Supreme Court shouldn’t punish them for failing to pass state legislative maps late last week, majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission pointed fingers at each other Wednesday, saying in court filings… Continue reading

“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked a new congressional map”

February 23, 2022, 8:49 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has selected a new congressional map that will shape power and politics in the state for the next decade.In a 4-3 decision Wednesday, the court chose a map that was drawn by a Stanford… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case But Were Too Confused to Ask

February 22, 2022, 7:51 amELB Podcast, redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: ELB Podcast Episode 3:6: Deuel Ross: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Alabama Voting Rights Redistricting Case But Were Too Confused to AskWhy did the Supreme Court put on hold a federal district court order… Continue reading

Watch Video of My Appearance on CBS News Talking About the Supreme Court’s Order in the Alabama Redistricting Case

February 18, 2022, 12:56 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

You can watch here.

Fair Districting Advocates in Ohio Take Steps Toward Holding Ohio Redistricting Commission in Contempt for Failure to Produce Fair Maps

February 18, 2022, 12:49 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Motion. Update: The Ohio Supreme Court has called for a response as to why the members of the Commission should not be held in contempt.

“Republican activists sue in federal court in bid to institute legislative maps rejected by Ohio Supreme Court as GOP gerrymanders”

February 18, 2022, 7:46 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Cleveland.com: A group of Republican activists are suing the Ohio Redistricting Commission, trying to get a panel of federal judges to bypass the Ohio Supreme Court and impose a map proposal the state court previously rejected as an… Continue reading

Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Opinion Issued in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case

February 15, 2022, 1:28 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

When the NC Supreme Court recently rejected the state’s congressional and state legislative maps as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the state constitution, the court promised opinions to follow. You can now find 217 pages of opinions at this link… Continue reading

“No legal battles for California’s new election maps. But what lessons can be learned?”

February 15, 2022, 6:46 amcitizen commissions, redistrictingRick Hasen

Cal Matters: As the clock struck midnight on Feb. 10, 14 people scattered around California collectively exhaled in relief.The 14 are members of the state’s independent citizens redistricting commission who drew 120 new districts for the Legislature, 52 for… Continue reading

Must-Read Adam Serwer: “The Supreme Court Seems to Think Discrimination Is When You Try to Remedy Discrimination”

February 11, 2022, 11:33 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Adam Serwer for the Atlantic: I have a hard time believing that anyone sincerely thinks that drawing districts that limit the political influence of Black voters in a state where Black people comprise more than a quarter of the… Continue reading

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