Reports on Vieth oral argument tomorrow

I would be very interested in having blog readers who attend the oral argument e-mail me about the oral argument tomorrow. I will post these reports on my blog. I wonder how the plaintiffs will handle the competition question if it comes up at oral argument: Is there any reason to think that a partisan gerrymandering test with teeth would do anything to foster competition rather than create the conditions for bipartisan gerrymanders? Given my long-running debate with Issacharoff and Pildes over "structural" election law arguments, I would love to hear a Justice ask the question whether political competition is a constitutional value properly considered by the Court.

Tomorrow could well be the day that the BCRA decision comes out as well. So it could be a busy day.

Posted by Rick Hasen at December 9, 2003 11:21 AM