“An overlooked consequence of the Supreme Court’s gerrymandering rulings: Stricter abortion laws”
Interesting WaPo report.
Category Archives: redistricting
NC: “Latest redistricting process led to much fairer maps, analysis shows”
WRAL:
The General Assembly’s mad scramble last month to redraw nearly half of the state’s House and Senate districts under a tight court deadline appears to have produced something new for North Carolina – fair maps.That’s according to a new… Continue reading
“Supreme Court wipes out ruling on Michigan partisan gerrymander”
Pete Williams:
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a challenge to maps drawn by Republicans for state legislative and congressional district boundaries in Michigan.The decision, which allows the GOP districts to stand, was expected because the court declared in… Continue reading
“Citizenship Data Will Make Partisan Gerrymandering Much, Much Worse”
New report from Common Cause.
Charles and Fuentes-Rohwer: “Dirty Thinking About Law and Democracy in Rucho v. Common Cause”
The New Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer piece in the ACS Supreme Court Review pulls no punches.:
Rucho is not an easy case to take seriously as doctrine. Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion is more redolent of a debater’s brief than… Continue reading
Same Three-Judge State Court in North Carolina That Found State Legislative Districts to Be Partisan Gerrymanders Assigned to Handle Case Over North Carolina Congressional Districts
Big development:
JUST IN: The same three-judge panel that presided over Common Cause v. Lewis (partisan gerrymandering case over 2017 #ncga maps) has been appointed to hear the g/m case over the congressional maps #ncpol— Melissa Boughton (@mel_bough)… Continue reading
“How to Get Away With Gerrymandering”
David Daley:
Luxury cabanas atop Austin’s JW Marriott kept state legislators cool poolside as August-in-Texas temperatures soared above 103 degrees during each day of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2019 annual meeting. The gathered Republican officials could enjoy a $14… Continue reading
“The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering”
Alex Tausanovitch for CAP.
“‘Worth the Investment:’ Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions”
David Daley with the latest from the Hofeller files:
IN COURT AND IN PUBLIC, many top Republicans have denied gerrymandering gives them any advantage at all. They’ve captured state legislatures and won an edge in Congress, some have suggested, due… Continue reading
“Common Cause files objection against new NC House districts adopted by legislature, asks court to redraw districts in question”
Democrats File New Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina Congressional Districts as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymandering Under the State Constitution; Too Late?
You can find the complaint here.
Here is what I wrote when a three-judge state court struck state legislative districts as a partisan gerrymander:
First, it is not clear that there is enough time to bring such a challenge… Continue reading
“A Dead Man’s Hard Drive Is the ‘Most Perfect’ Example of White Supremacy in Our Lifetime”
Michael Harriott for The Root on the Hofeller Files.
“Thomas Hofeller and GOP strategists experimented with using race as the primary factor in drawing districts in Alabama, Florida, and West Virginia.”
More revelations from David Daley.
“New maps would still give GOP disproportionate power in NC legislature, analysts say”
News and Observer reports.