Posted on · In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling over the state's political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state's voter ID law.
Posted on · The Supreme Court overturns a lower courts ruling that the use of electoral districts is racially discriminatory
Posted on · Brandon and Jay talk about some of the problems at HISD
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Texas redistricting case that could ultimately result in big changes to the state's political maps. But the courts have taken seven years to get this far, and that's a win for the Republicans favored by the current maps.
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court starts hearing a case on Tuesday over whether Texas' congressional and state House maps were drawn with the intent to discriminate against Hispanic and black voters.
Posted on · In Texas last year, the federal court ruled that some districts were racially gerrymandered to weaken the electoral power of growing minority populations
Posted on · The court decided Monday not to take up a GOP challenge to a Pennsylvania state court decision that could result in Democrats picking up a handful of House seats
Posted on · Brandon and Jay walk us through new electoral lines being drawn in Pennsylvania, how twice as many women are running for office this year and President Trump endorsing Mitt Romney for a Senate seat in Utah
Posted on · The group is targeting races in 11 states, including nine gubernatorial races, 18 legislative chambers, two ballot initiatives and two down-ballot races
Posted on · The state Supreme Court said it expects new districts to be in place by Feb. 19
Posted on · Texas lawmakers have shown time and again that their preference is for maps that protect incumbents and the political parties in charge. To get different results, you’d have to change the rules of redistricting
Posted on · “Why would you want to be president when you can be Oprah? Being Oprah is so much better!” – Brandon Rottinghaus, co-host of Party Politics, on Oprah’s Golden Globes speech that left a lot of people speculating that she might run for president in 2020.
Posted on · The six-year battle over the state’s redistricting plan illustrates how a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling four years ago has shifted the burden in challenges of such laws.
Posted on · The Supreme Court has never struck down a districting plan because it was too political.
Posted on · "It's always good to tell people to 'stay safe' during a disaster just in case they didn't know." - @TheCatWhisprer via Twitter