[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/27/18

Wed Jun 27 09:10:53 PDT 2018

3-Judge Court in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Sets Quick Schedule to Potentially Get Case Back Up to #SCOTUS<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99823>
Posted on June 27, 2018 9:07 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99823> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

As I expected<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/anthony-kennedy-wont-rule-on-gerrymandering.html>, the 3 judge court in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case has set a quick schedule<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Rucho-Order-6.27.18-Dkt.-124.pdf> to consider standing issues under Gill following a Supreme Court remand.

Briefs are due July 11.

Assuming the lower court issues an opinion finding standing and reiterating its original holdings, there would be a real possibility of the case being back before the Supreme Court next term, if the Court wants to hear it fully.
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“Inside Facebook and Twitter’s secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders who say tech is biased”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99821>
Posted on June 27, 2018 9:00 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99821> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports.<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/06/27/inside-facebook-twitters-secret-meetings-with-trump-aides-conservative-leaders-who-say-tech-is-biased/?utm_term=.bf4c11febf6d>
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“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99819>
Posted on June 27, 2018 8:49 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99819> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

James Lucas<https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/gerrymandering-case-issue-proportional-representation/> for National Review.
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North Carolina Republicans Go to SCOTUS on Paul Clement Motion to Restore Old Districts for Election<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99814>
Posted on June 26, 2018 7:09 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99814> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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#ncga<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncga?src=hash> Republicans are asking SCOTUS to scrap the court-drawn legislative maps for this election and use 2017 map plan instead, citing a SCOTUS ruling in another gerrymandering case earlier this week. More on this in tomorrow's @ncinsider<https://twitter.com/ncinsider> #ncpol<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncpol?src=hash> #ncga<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncga?src=hash>
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#ELB<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ELB?src=hash>: North Carolina Republicans Go to SCOTUS on Paul Clement Motion to Restore Old Districts for Election http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99814 <https://t.co/IzAPfS4xGX>  #ncga<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncga?src=hash> #appellatetwitter<https://twitter.com/hashtag/appellatetwitter?src=hash>
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Mr Purcell might be interested. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-1364/51403/20180626154346144_2018-06-26%20Covington%20Supp%20Brief%20FINAL.pdf …<https://t.co/sUJlmQa4dR> Primaries were 7 weeks ago, absentee ballots for general election go out September 7
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I Talked Texas, Wisconsin, and North Carolina Gerrymandering on the McClatchy “Beyond the Bubble” Politics Podcast<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99812>
Posted on June 26, 2018 7:05 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99812> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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Breaking:Three-Judge Federal Court, on 2-1 Vote on Remand from Supreme Court, Finds 11 Virginia State House Districts Unconstitutional Racial Gerrymanders<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99809>
Posted on June 26, 2018 2:07 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99809> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find the opinions here<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Virginia.pdf>.

After holding a bench trial in 2015, this Court issued a divided opinion upholding the redistricting plan. See Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Bd. of Elections, 141 F. Supp. 3d 505 (E.D. Va. 2015). The United States Supreme Court affirmed this Court’s decision regarding one district, but remanded for reconsideration of the question whether race was used as the predominant factor in drawing the 11 remaining districts. See Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Bd. of Elections, 137 S. Ct. 788 (2017). After a second trial, and upon our consideration of the evidence presented at both trials, we hold that the plaintiffs have shown through telling direct and circumstantial evidence that race predominated over traditional districting factors in the construction of the 11 remaining challenged districts. We further hold that the intervenors have not satisfied their burden to show that the legislature’s use of race was narrowly tailored to achieve the compelling state interest of compliance with Section 5 of the VRA, 52 U.S.C. § 10304.
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