Category Archives: redistricting

“Law Professors Urge Supreme Court to Accept Case and Overturn North Carolina Redistricting Decision”

February 23, 2015, 2:24 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

CLC: On February 17, 2015, in Dickson v. Rucho, Campaign Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert joined with a dozen other nationally recognized election law professors in a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a case… Continue reading

“California fixed redistricting; will the Supreme Court break it again?”

February 21, 2015, 7:32 pmcitizen commissions, Elections Clause, redistrictingRick Hasen

Nick Stephanopoulos LAT oped.

“Fine lines: Race and redistricting at the Supreme Court”

February 20, 2015, 7:21 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Chelsea Priest and Michael Mestitz column in Stanford Daily.

“Democrats Are Already Planning For The Next Round Of Redistricting Battles”

February 20, 2015, 7:12 amredistrictingRick Hasen

HuffPo.

“Could the Supreme Court Make Dozens of State Election Laws Unconstitutional?”

February 13, 2015, 2:05 pmcitizen commissions, direct democracy, Elections Clause, redistrictingRick Hasen

Brennan Center with a nice interactive map on the initiatives which could be in trouble under the Arizona redistricting case.

“Lawmakers divided on system to remap districts”

February 12, 2015, 7:38 amredistrictingRick Hasen

News from Va.

Interesting New Cert. Petition: When Can A Single Judge Decide You Don’t Get a 3-Judge-Court in a Redistricting Case?

February 9, 2015, 2:08 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read Shapiro v. Mack cert petition.

“Using Race (Again) in the Struggle for Political Mastery”

February 5, 2015, 3:36 pmpolitical parties, political polarization, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Curtis: After their victories in 2010 state legislative elections, Republicans reapportioned a number of state legislatures. They drew districts so that, for later elections, a minority or slim majority of Republican voters for Congress or the state legislature could… Continue reading

“The Intratextual Independent ‘Legislature’ and the Elections Clause”

February 5, 2015, 7:49 amcitizen commissions, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Northwestern University Law Review Online is pleased to announce its publication of Professor Michael Morley’s most recent essay, The Intratextual Independent “Legislature” and the Elections Clause. In the essay, Professor Michael Morley assesses the Constitution’s Elections Clause and how… Continue reading

Nevada May Pursue Mid-Decade Redistricting

February 5, 2015, 7:35 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Las Vegas Sun (via Reid Wilson).

“U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on the Meaning of ‘Legislature’”

January 30, 2015, 5:25 pmcitizen commissions, Elections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Governing reports.

“3 former California governors back independent redistricting”

January 26, 2015, 4:28 pmElections Clause, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Melanie Mason for the LAT on a Ted Olson brief: Three former California governors are wading in to an Arizona elections case before the Supreme Court that could have major implications on how California draws its congressional and legislative… Continue reading