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Gerrymandering
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ContractsProf Blog
The Parol Evidence Rule and Ohio’s Unconstitutional Electoral Maps
The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the Ohio GOPs gerrymandered electoral maps five times. The GOP ran out the clock and then ultimately went to a federal court to get…
Commercial Litigation Update
Wisconsin Court’s Decision in Alleged Gerrymandering Case Is Reversed: SCOTUS Today
In an unsigned per curiam order, the Court today reversed a decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin that, in a dispute about the assignment of the number of so-called minority-majority districts,…
North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
Unicorns and Loch Ness Monsters—Spotted Yesterday
By Beth Scherer
Stories of mythical creatures have taken over this blog. First it was the summer 2021 unicorn where the Court of Appeals granted (and then withdrew) its first en banc review.…
Criminal
On Election Day, an encouraging report about moves away from prison gerrymandering
NBC News has this new encouraging piece that seems fitting for Election Day 2021. The article is fully headlined "States rethink 'prison gerrymandering' in 2020 redistricting process: More than a…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Bells Cannot Be Un-Rung: Gerrymandering Discovery Dispute Moot, Orders Vacated
In a short per curium opinion, the Sixth Circuit held that party officials’ appeal of an order compelling document discovery was moot after the court dismissed the gerrymandering challenge under…
PrawfsBlawg
Congressional design, Senate partisanship by class, and impeachment trial politics
Main Monday, January 27, 2020Congressional design, Senate partisanship by class, and impeachment trial politicsPost-17th Amendment, both the House and the Senate are directly elected--a change from the earlier dual constituency…
Supreme Court Update
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (05-204)
Greetings, Court Fans! Today marked the final day of the Term, and with it came the Court's much-awaited opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which invalidated the military tribunals set up…
PrawfsBlawg
Judgments we like yielding precedent we hate
Main Monday, August 05, 2019Judgments we like yielding precedent we hateIn a post on Friday, I mentioned Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia as a case in…
Nonprofit Law Blog
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 6/28/19
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “The Supreme Court’s conservatives decided…
PrawfsBlawg
Justice Kagan Cannot Be Serious
Main Thursday, June 27, 2019Justice Kagan Cannot Be SeriousThe opening line of Justice Kagan's dissent in the partisan gerrymandering case must be bad joke. "For the first time ever," she…