The Supreme Court case of Gill v. Whitford was argued this past Tuesday and it is expected to be one of the biggest decisions of the Court’s new term. Gill v.Source: Podcast: The future of gerrymandering...
During oral argument in Gill v.Source: “Of Steak Rubs and Symmetry: A Response to Justice Gorsuch”...
The Supreme Court debated the legality of partisan gerrymanders on Tuesday, with swing Justice Anthony Kennedy giving few clues about his vote in Gill v. Whitford.Source: Supreme Court ‘Gobbledygook’...
Before oral argument I explained that the vote in Gill v. Whitford is likely to come down to Justice Kennedy, with the Court’s four liberal Justices voting to rein in partisan gerrymandering and the four conservatives voting against it.Source: With Justice Kennedy Seriously Considering Being the 5th Vote to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering, The Chief Justice Worries About the Political Thicket...
WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has long been troubled by extreme partisan gerrymandering, where the party in power draws voting districts to give itself a lopsided advantage in elections.Source: Kennedy’s Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics...
Critical issues including gerrymandering and voter purging will be front and center, alongside Trump’s travel ban and a much-discussed gay wedding cake 02.00 EDT Last modified on Sunday 1 October 2017 02.Source: US supreme court: this season's cases and why they matter...
The U.S. Supreme Court is slated to tackle one of the most divisive issues in election law: partisan gerrymandering.Source: Gerrymandering has got to go. Here’s how....
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a major new case about partisan gerrymandering. The case began just days after the Nov. 8 election, when a federal court struck down a Republican-drawn legislative map in Wisconsin for being too partisan.Source: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court’s big gerrymandering case...
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe.Source: Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad, by Michael Barone...
While it’s been obvious for years that election law — the rules by which votes are counted, district lines are drawn and campaigns are paid for — represents a front in the culture wars, we don’t usually think of it that way.Source: Election Wars at the Supreme Court...
