“Republicans in Pennsylvania ask the Supreme Court to restore their map”
Steve Mazie blogs for The Economist.
Category Archives: redistricting
“Gerrymandering is the root of all political evil. Or is it?”
“Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court”
Pennsylvania Republican Legislators File Longshot Bid with the Supreme Court to Get It To Delay Redistricting Ordered by PA Supreme Court to Cure Partisan Gerrrymandering
Here’s the filing.
Here’s why it is a long shot.
First question is whether Justice Alito (responsible for emergency petitions coming from the 3rd Circuit) will order a response.
“We Drew 2,568 Congressional Districts By Hand. Here’s How.”
538:
In most states, district maps — which define where the constituency of one representative ends and that of another begins — are drawn by the state’s lawmakers. Having politicians define their own districts has not gone entirely smoothly… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Plaintiffs, in Opposition to Stay Request in Partisan Gerrymandering Case in State Supreme Court, Lay Down Case Against SCOTUS Review
Interesting discussion of the Elections Clause issue I flagged here.
“Gerrymandering’s Moment of Reckoning”
Sam Baker for Axios.
“Public Hearings and Congressional Redistricting: Evidence from the Western United States 2011–2012”
Peter Miller and Bernie Grofman have written this article for ELJ. Here is the abstract:
We test theories about the effects of public input into redistricting, with evidence taken from remarks made in person at public hearings. One model, the… Continue reading
North Carolina Seeks SCOTUS Stay to Stop Use of New Districts Ordered to Solve Racial Gerrymandering; Reasons for Doubt
Here’s the pleading (via Amy Howe).
As I recently explained,
There are two reasons to give such a stay order lower chances in this case. First, this is a case on remand from SCOTUS, where there have already… Continue reading
Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case, Benisek v. Lamone, Set for March 28 Oral Argument at SCOTUS
So reports Mark Sherman.
“Common Cause Urges SCOTUS to Expedite Review of North Carolina’s Partisan Gerrymander to Protect Voters”
Release:
Today, Common Cause filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme Court in Common Cause v. Rucho urging the court to expedite its review of the case in order to provide relief to North Carolina voters in time for 2018… Continue reading
“The Courts Take Aim at Partisan Gerrymandering”
Jeff Toobin in the New Yorker.
“What’s the best way to fix our broken democracy? Lean on state courts and constitutions”
“How Big a Deal Is a New Congressional Map for Pennsylvania?”
Nate Cohn for NYT’s The Upshot:
The Republicans are counting on a favorable congressional map to help their majority ride out a possible “wave” election this November. But the congressional map got a little less favorable on Monday when the… Continue reading