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Gerrymandering
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North Carolina Appellate Practice Blog
SCOTUS Skirts the Merits on Political Gerrymandering
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down another opinion in a long line of attempts to deal with the issue of political gerrymandering. Unfortunately, the decision did not reach…
The Faculty Lounge
How the Gill Decision Raised the Stakes of the 2018 Elections
The outcome of the Supreme Court’s two major gerrymandering cases—Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone—could hardly have been more anticlimactic from a legal perspective, and yet the significant political…
The Faculty Lounge
Judging Judicial Minimalism
The Court avoided the issue of partisan gerrymandering yesterday by remanding Gill v. Whitford on standing grounds. A number of commentators have noticed the Court's recent minimalism. Garret Epps asserts…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term): Deciding little, deciding few, and competing judicial functions
Main Monday, June 18, 2018(SCOTUS Term): Deciding little, deciding few, and competing judicial functionsI had thoughts similar to what Dahlia Lithwick and Eugene Volokh argue. This Court does not want…
PrawfsBlawg
(SCOTUS Term): Behold the passive virtues
Main Monday, June 18, 2018(SCOTUS Term): Behold the passive virtuesThe Court had not one but two shots at partisan gerrymandering this term. And those chances included limiting (if not avoiding)…
New York Court Watcher
Today’s Partisan Gerrymandering Case: 7-2 for “It’s Still Unsettled”
In Gill v. Whitford, the case involving hyper-partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court chose not to render a final decision. Instead, the Court returned the case to the lower court for further…
The Right Coast
Supreme Court: No Article III standing for WI gerrymandering lawsuit
The attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to claim partisan gerrymandering as a form of actionable discrimination has failed at the Supreme Court at least for now. In a decision joined at…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Dodges Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges in Gill and Benisek
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in Gill v. Whitford involving a challenge to Wisconsin's alleged partisan gerrymandering the Court, in an…
The Faculty Lounge
A Bad Sign for Gerrymandering Opponents
Opponents of partisan redistricting have reason for concern this morning. There is still no decision yet in the two major partisan gerrymandering cases before the U.S. Supreme Court: Gill v.…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup April 13, 2018
By Daniel Real
Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something during…