“The Supreme Court’s partisan gerrymandering decision is Justice Scalia’s last laugh. Democratic restoration now depends on the people alone.”
See this post at the LSE US Centre.
Category Archives: redistricting
Crum: “Rucho and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act”
The following is a guest post from Travis Crum:
In Rucho v. Common Cause, the conservatives on the Supreme Court finally prevailed on their decades-long effort to declare partisan gerrymandering a non-justiciable political question. Rather than add to… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering Will Drag It Down Further Into the Mud”
I have written this oped for the New York Times. It begins:
The Supreme Court decision on Thursday in Rucho v. Common Cause purports to take federal courts out of the business of policingpartisan gerrymanders and leave the issue for… Continue reading
“Chief Justice Roberts’s ‘proportional representation’ error”
No Census or redistricting cases from SCOTUS today
Rick is otherwise engaged at the moment, so I thought I’d send word: four opinions from SCOTUS this morning, but not the Census or redistricting cases. More opinions coming at 10am ET tomorrow.
“Will The Supreme Court Punt On Partisan Gerrymandering Again?”
Amy Howe chats with the 538 crew.
“The Supreme Court’s Next Three Weeks Could Shake Up the 2020 Election”
Greg Stohr for Bloomberg.
The U.S. Supreme Court enters the homestretch of its term with looming decisions that could affect the 2020 election and thrust the court even deeper into the nation’s political wars.Between now and the end of… Continue reading
Breaking: Plaintiffs in North Carolina Redistricting Case, Using Hofeller Files, Allege NC Republicans Lied To Federal Court in Covington Case About Timing of and Use of Race in Drawing District Maps
More major allegations coming out of the Hofeller hard drives.
See this pdf, beginning at Exhibit C, page 7 (page 113 of the pdf). Some snippets from the plaintiff’s letter:
“Hyperpartisan Gerrymandering”
Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Boston College Law Review). Here is the abstract:
We live in hyperpartisan times. Democrats and Republicans have not been so bitterly divided along partisan lines since Reconstruction, nor so aggressively hostile… Continue reading
“Robin Vos won’t have to testify in Wisconsin gerrymandering case for now, and may not have to at all”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos won’t have to sit for a deposition in Wisconsin’s gerrymandering case in the short term — and might escape having to testify entirely. A panel of appeals judges blocked a lower court order Tuesday… Continue reading
“The New Trove of Secret Gerrymandering Files Will Be a Nightmare for the GOP”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate:
There are sure to be more revelations from the Hofeller files to come, driving home the downside of using a single consultant to mastermind redistricting across multiple states and decades.For years, Hofeller held an office… Continue reading
“Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signs law ending prison gerrymandering”
Release:
Yesterday, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed a bill into law ensuring that people in state prisons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new legislative districts are drawn. The new law makes Nevada the sixth … Continue reading
Wendy Tam Cho: “Technology-Enabled Coin Flips for Judging Partisan Gerrymandering”
The following is a guest post from Wendy Tam Cho:
The Court has issued a stay in the Ohio and Michigan partisan gerrymandering cases, and we await their rulings in North Carolina and Maryland. I was an expert witness… Continue reading
No Surprise: Supreme Court, Without Noted Dissent, Blocks Redraws of Ohio, Michigan Maps Found by Lower Courts to Be Partisan Gerrymanders
Today’s orders are no surprise. Indeed, the Court often fails to give preliminary relief in redistricting cases even when the plaintiffs eventually win on the merits. Indeed, if the Court did allow the remaps to take place while the… Continue reading