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California in the Court – Gill v. Whitford
Welcome to our In Brief series. In these posts and podcasts, we break down the key concepts in the day’s news and quickly explain why it matters…
The Right Coast
Anthony Kennedy doesn’t tip hand in gerrymandering case – CNNPolitics
Washington (CNN)A deeply divided Supreme Court took up a partisan gerrymander case on Tuesday that could change the way state legislators draw district lines and realign modern day politics.via www.cnn.com
The Right Coast
Anthony Kennedy doesn’t tip hand in gerrymandering case – CNNPolitics
Washington (CNN)A deeply divided Supreme Court took up a partisan gerrymander case on Tuesday that could change the way state legislators draw district lines and realign modern day politics.via www.cnn.com
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS: Partisan gerrymandering case from Wisconsin
Main Tuesday, June 20, 2017SCOTUS: Partisan gerrymandering case from WisconsinTwo cheers for the Court's decision to hear this closely watched case.First in Davis v. Bandemer in the 80's, and later…
The Appellate Law Blog
SCOTUS To (Maybe) Decide Whether Political Gerrymandering Is Constitutional
(Posted: June 20, 2017) Now a break from case updates for some big national news. Yesterday, in Gill v. Whitford, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the State of Wisconsin's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Three-Judge Court Finds Wisconsin’s Gerrymander Scheme Unconstitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its opinion in excess of 100 pages in Whitford v. Gill, the majority of a three judge court has…
PrawfsBlawg
Most Important Election Law Question of the Decade: Local Rules on Voting Rights
Main Tuesday, October 11, 2016Most Important Election Law Question of the Decade: Local Rules on Voting RightsNed asks a really interesting and significant question: what will be the most important…
PrawfsBlawg
Biggest election law question of the decade (2010-2020)???
Main Tuesday, October 11, 2016Biggest election law question of the decade (2010-2020)???Since this month of guest-blogging is supposed to be a kind of round-robin, I'm very curious as to other…
The Right Coast
Electoral Mapmaking | The Weekly Standard
So there are eight potential knockout states in this election, and five of them are being defended by Hillary Clinton.via www.weeklystandard.com
Government and Public Policy
In a heated election cycle, Courts struggle with the right line for gerrymandering
There’s plenty of news coming out of the Supreme Court lately, including stuff on the Second Amendment and our first split-decisions since Scalia’s death. But we’ve also seen the continuing…