Category Archives: redistricting

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-4 Vote Stays District Court Order Requiring Alabama to Draw Second Black Majority District, and the Signs for the Voting Rights Act are Ominous

The Supreme Court issued a stay in the Alabama congressional Voting Rights Act case I wrote about last week and set the case (actually two related cases) for argument. This is bad news in the short run and likely worse… Continue reading

Could North Carolina Go to the Supreme Court, Arguing that the North Carolina Supreme Court in Requiring Redrawing of Congressional Districts Usurped North Carolina General Assembly’s Power?

From my tweet thread: Maybe this is crazy, but I could see Republicans appealing to SCOTUS, arguing that the state court ruling usurped the power of the state legislature to set the rules for congressional elections in Art. 1… Continue reading

Alabama, in Its Stay Application Before the Supreme Court, Asks the Conservative Court to Cut Back the Scope of Voting Rights Act in Redistricting Cases, With Potentially Major Voting Rights Implications

I have now had a chance to review Alabama’s request for stays in 2 related cases (21A375 and 21A376). This post is going to get wonky and technical, so let me begin with the bottom line: if and… Continue reading