Amy Howe on Harris oral argument: “Where’s the beef?” That was the question from Washington attorney Paul Smith, arguing at the Court today on behalf of the five-member independent commission charged with drawing new state legislative maps for Arizona. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: redistricting
Well-timed C-SPAN landmark case discussion. … Continue reading
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Dahlia Lithwick writes for Slate. … Continue reading
David Gans writes for TNR. … Continue reading
Joey Fishkin blogs. … Continue reading
This morning, as the Court hears arguments in the Evenwel one person one vote case and the Harris Arizona redistricting case, it issued a short, unanimous 8 page opinion by Justice Scalia in Shapiro v. McManus. The issue in Shapiro is when … Continue reading
Ariane de Vogue reports for CNN. … Continue reading
I spoke with KPCC’s Take Two about Evenwel. … Continue reading
Greg Stohr reports for Bloomberg. … Continue reading
That’s the title of the essay I wrote, shortly after the Court agreed to hear this case, for the Supreme Court blog. Nothing in the briefing has changed my conclusion about that, though I expect lots of tough questions for … Continue reading
Amy Howe of SCOTUSBlog previews Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, being argued just before Evenwel tomorrow. … Continue reading
David Gans at TNR on Ed Blum’s Fisher and Evenwel cases: “The Fourteenth Amendment—which turns 150 next year—is at the heart of both Evenwel and Fisher. In both cases, Blum’s argument depends on turning a blind eye to the basic facts of … Continue reading
New Brennan Center report: A big upheaval could be coming for America’s state legislatures. On December 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Evenwel v. Abbott, a closely watched case from Texas that will decide whether states must … Continue reading
For those following the Evenwel one person, one vote case, which the Supreme Court is hearing this week, one question is how much the Court has already settled the issue of whether a state has discretion to use total population … Continue reading
New paper by Carl Klarner. Here is the abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Evenwel v. Abbott on December 8, 2015. If the high Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs, redistricting across the country will be accomplished by … Continue reading
Sam Wang NYT Sunday Review piece: PARTISAN gerrymandering is an offense to democracy. It creates districts that are skewed and uncompetitive, denying voters the ability to elect representatives who fairly reflect their views. But on Tuesday, the Supreme Court … Continue reading
Orlando Sentinel editorial: Floridians have waited a long time — much too long — to see their will to reform the redistricting process fulfilled. On Wednesday, more than five years after 63 percent of state voters approved the Fair Districts … Continue reading
NBC News explores. … Continue reading
Howard Mintz for the San Jose Mercury News: With the potential for a seismic shift in the political landscape of California and other states hanging in the balance, the U.S. Supreme Court this week takes on a case that will … Continue reading
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Listen (beginning at 46:49): On December 3, 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund hosted a press briefing on Evenwel v. Abbott – to be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on December 8. The briefing featured insights from: Nina Perales, … Continue reading
Good piece (ignore the misleading headline—this case is about state legislative districts, although its reasoning could perhaps be extended to congressional districting (not apportionment) within states). … Continue reading
Nathan Gonzales: Overall, the range of outcomes in Florida range from no net change to a Democratic gain of three seats, with Democrats most likely to pick up a seat or two. But it will be a few weeks, or … Continue reading
Bloomberg Politics with lots of maps and graphics. … Continue reading
Regular readers of ELB know that I’m often sounding the alarm about Supreme Court cases with the potential to hurt our democracy. For example, I recently wrote of big procedural victory for campaign finance opponents which makes it fairly likely … Continue reading
Dan Tokaji: Although I’m generally loath to predict outcomes, I expect the Court to reject the appellants’ argument that the Constitution requires equalization of eligible voters among districts. Buthow it rejects this argument is very much up in the air. … Continue reading
Tierney Sneed reports on Evenwel for TPM. … Continue reading
Listen: On December 2, 2015, Constitutional Accountability Center hosted a telebriefing on the case of Evenwel v. Abbott – due to be argued at the Supreme Court on the morning of December 8. The call featured insights from: * CAC … Continue reading
Andrew Grossman has written this report for the Heritage Foundation. Here is a summary: The greatest hope of those committed to the one-person, one-vote status quo seems to be that in decidingEvenwel v. Abbott, the Supreme Court will simply leave … Continue reading
League of Women Voters v. Detzner (with one Justice dissenting and one partially dissenting): This case is before the Court for approval of a final congressional redistricting plan in accordance with the Fair Districts Amendment and in accordance with our … Continue reading
Michael Morley blogs at Balkinization. … Continue reading
Michael Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A corrosive concept has infected the roots of our democracy. This insidious notion, which has eluded judicial grasp, is that legislators may constitutionally draw electoral districts for the … Continue reading
More news from Va: The plaintiffs and the original defendants in Virginia’s congressional redistricting case want a three-judge panel to proceed with drawing a new map over the objections of Republicans in the state’s delegation. Lawyers for the plaintiffs say … Continue reading
Release: Supreme Court Case Threatens Representation of Children and Non-Citizens An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Evenwel v. Abbott on Redistricting Report and Interactive Maps New York, NY, December 2, 2015 Population equality is the main criteria … Continue reading
You can find it here. More about the Supreme Court case, being argued Dec. 8, here at SCOTUSBlog. … Continue reading
This new one from Derek Muller (forthcoming Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy) going to the top of my reading list: More than fifty years after Baker v. Carr, “one person, one vote” remains essentially inviolable. Among the consequences … Continue reading
Don’t miss Lyle Denniston’s extensive preview of the Evenwel oral argument at the Supreme Court. … Continue reading
US News reports. … Continue reading
AP: The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from lawyers for former Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and others seeking $360,000 in legal fees after challenging state redistricting plans. … Continue reading
Ari Berman on Evenwel. … Continue reading
Mark Walsh previews Evenwel for the ABA Journal. … Continue reading
J.H. Snider oped in the Sun-Sentinel. He has also written Board, independent of Legislature, key to constitution fix for the Albany Times Union. … Continue reading
Kimberly Robinson of BNA digs in to Evenwel, Harris, and Shapiro v. McManus. … Continue reading
Via Daily Kos. … Continue reading
Here is the order (via Josh Gerstein). … Continue reading
Via How Appealing. … Continue reading
There will be a lot of attention (for good reason) to the Court’s decision to hear a Texas abortion case, but the Court will also hold a hearing on Wittman v. Personhuballah, a Virginia redistricting case. (This case involves congressional redistricting … Continue reading
Constitution Daily: On December 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, one of the most important cases of the term that could have huge implications for U.S. politics. In 2013, the Texas state legislature drew … Continue reading
Politico: New Jersey Democrats are in the early stages of considering an amendment to the state constitution that would place new guidelines on how the state redraws its legislative districts. The idea was floated to Democratic members of the state … Continue reading