As readers of this blog know, the Supreme Court will be hearing a very important case soon raising the possibility that the Court will put some teeth into the now feeble partisan gerrymandering doctrine. (Don’t get me wrong, I like the fact that the doctrine is feeble.) The case is all the more important given controversies over re-redistricting in Texas and Colorado.
Jenner and Block, representing the appellants, has posted the most recent set of briefs (filed by appellees and amici) here. Be sure not to miss this letter, which explains why Pennsylvania will not be undergoing the same kind of dispute between the state’s governor and attorney general as occurred in Georgia during last term’s Georgia v. Ashcroft case.
I expect to be writing more about this case in the coming weeks, before oral argument on December 10.