Partisan Gerrymandering Under Federal and State Law
America Votes! Challenges to Modern Election Law & Voting Rights (ABA 4th ed.) (2019)
15 Pages Posted: 1 Jul 2019 Last revised: 21 Jan 2021
Date Written: June 29, 2019
Abstract
This book chapter examines the state of partisan gerrymandering litigation under federal and state constitutional law in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Rucho v. Common Cause.
Keywords: Rucho, partisan gerrymandering, redistricting, voting rights, state constitutions, equal protection, free expression, free association, vote dilution, outlier analysis, partisan symmetry, political question, separation of powers, justiciability
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Parsons, G. Michael, Partisan Gerrymandering Under Federal and State Law (June 29, 2019). America Votes! Challenges to Modern Election Law & Voting Rights (ABA 4th ed.) (2019), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3412100
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