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Gerrymandering
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PrawfsBlawg
Democracy and judicial review
Main Thursday, June 27, 2019Democracy and judicial reviewChief Justice Roberts' decision for the Court in the partisan gerrymandering cases accepts that partisan gerrymandering is a bad thing, but insists that…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
61 Down, 8 Cases To Go
(Celebrating the Women’s World Cup. Image credit: Arthur Lien. See more of his work at courtartist.com) Since my last post (June 6), the Supreme Court has handed down 19 cases,…
PrawfsBlawg
Constantineau returns again
Main Saturday, March 30, 2019Constantineau returns againEarlier this month, I highlighted an exchange in the American Legion argument in which Justice Kavanaugh seemed to adopt the idea that SCOTUS can…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawThe Court heard oral arguments in Rucho v. Common Cause (& League of Women Voters) regarding the constitutionality of…
Subscript Law Blog
Political Gerrymandering Explained
What is political gerrymandering?Simply put, it's a sly method that state officials may use to draw district lines so they can influence election results.State legislators control the process of allocating…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
What Makes A Supreme Court Case Important?
The October 2018 term is moving along, with all the “big” cases either awaiting decision or yet to be argued. Over the next few months, I will be highlighting the…
State AG Insights
New Attorney General Spotlight: Wisconsin AG-elect Josh Kaul
This blog post is the first installment in a series of posts highlighting newly elected Attorneys General, and commenting on how their priorities may differ from their predecessors’. Click here to…
Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
End of the Term
The October 2017 term of the Supreme Court ended last week, in a blizzard of opinions, 15 since my last post (6/21), including Carpenter (the cell phone Fourth Amendment case), the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Check it Out: Stern on Kennedy, Gerrymandering, and Redistricting Commissions
Check out Mark Joseph Stern's piece in Slate, Partisan Gerrymandering Is About to Get Much Worse. Stern writes that Justice Kennedy's retirement will mean more than just that the Court…
North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
UPDATE: SCOTUS Vacates and Remands NC Political Gerrymandering Case
As I wrote last week, after the Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs in Gill v. Whitford had failed to prove that they had standing to bring their voter dilution…