attorney @BrennanCenter | adjunct clinical professor NYU Law | formerly @columbialegal | personal and curated views | cascadian
Mar 23, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court upended legislative district maps that the Wisconsin Supreme Court selected. This SCOTUS ruling is legally unsound and makes a mockery of process.
I wanted to string a quick thread together explaining what happened. 1/
Redistricting in Wisconsin deadlocked because the legislature and governor could not agree on maps.
Voters filed a case in the Wisconsin Supreme Court (standard stuff), which took over map drawing and set a goal for redistricting: minimal change. 2/
Jul 29, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Some news: I just released a report w/ @BrennanCenter colleagues called Representation for Some that looks at what would happen if conservative operatives succeed in cutting children and noncitizens out from redistricting. A thread on what’s at stake.
/1 brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
Currently, districts are drawn based on total population, meaning everyone counts.
This foundational principle of equality has been the law of the land since the 1960s. But right-wing extremists want to change that as the racial make up of the U.S. population evolves.
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Aug 9, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NH Gov. Sununu just vetoed a bipartisan independent redistricting proposal. Yes, the one that passed the NH Senate unanimously.
governor.nh.gov/news-media/pre…
Federal Courts will not police partisan gerrymandering. Roberts pointed to policy changes as the solution. Democrats and Republicans in New Hampshire's legislature stepped up and passed a good, fair bill.
