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Gerrymandering
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in Challenge to Maryland’s Partisan Gerrymandering
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn oral arguments in Benisek v. Lamone, the United States Supreme Court again confronted the the constitutionality of gerrymandering…
The Faculty Lounge
The Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Case
Although the national battle over partisan redistricting is far from over, defenders of gerrymandering suffered a big blow in Pennsylvania yesterday. On Monday the United States Supreme Court denied a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Yet Another Gerrymandering Case, but with Not-Your-Usual Standing Problem
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolJudge William Q. Hayes (S.D. Cal.) on Friday dismissed a challenge to a city's new single-member districts for its city council elections for lack…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Check it Out: Tomasky on General Ticket Voting
Check out Michael Tomasky's piece Who Needs Congressional Districts? in the NYT. Against the backdrop of Pennsylvania redistricting, Tomasky argues in favor of "general ticket" voting--at-large elections--over single-member districts for…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup February 9, 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…
The Faculty Lounge
Why Ending Gerrymandering May Benefit the GOP
The most important election law case before the United States Supreme Court this term is Gill v. Whitford, a partisan gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. In 2011 the Republican legislature drew…
The Right Coast
The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes | Quanta Magazine
Simple math can help scheming politicians draw up districts that give their party outsize influence, but mathematics can also help identify and remedy these situations. This past summer the Metric…
The Right Coast
The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes | Quanta Magazine
Simple math can help scheming politicians draw up districts that give their party outsize influence, but mathematics can also help identify and remedy these situations. This past summer the Metric…
The Faculty Lounge
Gobbledygook Is the New Argle-Bargle
During the oral argument in Gill v. Whitford (the Wisconsin gerrymandering case), Chief Justice Roberts expressed his disdain for evidence based on quantitative social science. “It may be simply my…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: American Sociological Ass’n Takes Issue With CJ Roberts
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In an open letter to Chief Justice Roberts, the President of the American Sociological Association, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, responded to…