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Gerrymandering
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Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: Fight Or Flight In Texas
Most people can agree that gerrymandering is wrong, whether done by the Democrats or Republicans, as it is designed to undermine the will of the voters. But it’s been done…
Legal Theory Blog
Pardo on the Standard of Proof in Racial-Gerrymandering Cases
Michael S. Pardo (Georgetown University Law Center) has posted The Standard of Proof in Racial-Gerrymandering Cases: Alexander's Mistake and its Implications (University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2026, forthcoming) on…
Legal Theory Blog
Conley on the Florida Fair Districts Amendment
Cory Conley (Emory University) has posted Florida for America: A Case for Federal Adoption of the Fair Districts Amendment on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2010, Floridians overwhelmingly approved…
Legal Theory Blog
Chin on Solving Partisan Gerrymandering
Andrew Chin (University of North Carolina School of Law) has posted A Bayesian Solution to Rucho: Simulation Evidence of Partisan Gerrymandering in the State Court Era on SSRN. Here is…
Legal Theory Blog
Gentithes on Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering
Michael Gentithes (University of Akron - School of Law; Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology; New York University School of Law; Loyola University Chicago School of Law)…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Weighs Evidence of Racial Gerrymandering
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Dykema
On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Alexander v. S. Carolina State Conf. of the NAACP that the three-judge panel in the district court erred in finding…
Supreme Court Update
Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP (No. 22-807), Smith v. Spizzirri (No. 22-1218), Harrow v. Department of Defense (No. 23-21)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
We’re back to summarize three more of the decisions the Court has issued in the last few weeks: Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP (No. 22-807), A 6-3…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Fair Representation Act Reintroduced in Congress to Increase Women’s and Racial Minorities’ Political Representation
By Tracy Thomas
Ms., Weekend Reading on Women's Representation*** The FRA has the potential to create a more diverse government through the implementation of ranked-choice voting and the creation of multi-member U.S. House…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Against Rejects Alabama’s Congressional Map
A three-judge district court again rejected Alabama's congressional map, which again includes only one opportunity district for Alabama Black voters. The ruling comes after the state legislature took another stab…
PrawfsBlawg
Should the House of Representatives Be Bigger?
Main Wednesday, May 31, 2023Should the House of Representatives Be Bigger?Harvard’s Danielle Allen has proposed adding members to the House of Representatives, which has not been expanded since 1929. My…