The Consent of the Governed is a Kolbe Fellowship project investigating gerrymandering through the lens of mathematics, Supreme Court litigation, and the potential for redistricting reform. It was produced as a five-episode podcast during the summer of 2020; this paper is the transcription of the podcast script. The project begins with an analysis of the impact of gerrymandering on the composition of the current U.S. House of Representatives. It then investigates the arguments and stories of Supreme Court gerrymandering cases in the past twenty years within their political contexts, with a focus on the Court\u27s reaction to different mathematical methods to measure partisan gerrymandering. The project also looks at the potential for state-...
Join the American Democracy Project’s Connor Mountford and John Colclazier for a discussion on how t...
Charming and irresistible as it is, the nineteenth-century slang term “gerrymander” cannot generate ...
In the United States, the decentralization of power over redistricting to the states has prevented t...
The Consent of the Governed is a Kolbe Fellowship project investigating gerrymandering through the l...
Every ten years, as directed by the Constitution, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts an actual Enumera...
Redistricting politics in Illinois provide a novel opportunity for testing competing theories of law...
Political gerrymandering involves the intentional manipulation of legislative boundaries by one poli...
Partisan redistricting effectively distorts election outcomes across the country and must be resolve...
For years the Supreme Court has struggled to set judicially manageable standards for cases involving...
Partisan gerrymandering is a danger that threatens the foundations of the American democratic struct...
This article will accomplish two tasks. First, it will address how political gerrymandering presents...
We assess the capacity of gerrymandering to undermine the will of the people in a representative dem...
This report examines the 2016 primary and general elections for Congress and state legislatures. It ...
Partisan gerrymandering is the process of drafting state and congressional districts in a manner tha...
Gerrymandering (partisan redistricting) is widely believed to deprive citizens of meaningful partici...
Join the American Democracy Project’s Connor Mountford and John Colclazier for a discussion on how t...
Charming and irresistible as it is, the nineteenth-century slang term “gerrymander” cannot generate ...
In the United States, the decentralization of power over redistricting to the states has prevented t...
The Consent of the Governed is a Kolbe Fellowship project investigating gerrymandering through the l...
Every ten years, as directed by the Constitution, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts an actual Enumera...
Redistricting politics in Illinois provide a novel opportunity for testing competing theories of law...
Political gerrymandering involves the intentional manipulation of legislative boundaries by one poli...
Partisan redistricting effectively distorts election outcomes across the country and must be resolve...
For years the Supreme Court has struggled to set judicially manageable standards for cases involving...
Partisan gerrymandering is a danger that threatens the foundations of the American democratic struct...
This article will accomplish two tasks. First, it will address how political gerrymandering presents...
We assess the capacity of gerrymandering to undermine the will of the people in a representative dem...
This report examines the 2016 primary and general elections for Congress and state legislatures. It ...
Partisan gerrymandering is the process of drafting state and congressional districts in a manner tha...
Gerrymandering (partisan redistricting) is widely believed to deprive citizens of meaningful partici...
Join the American Democracy Project’s Connor Mountford and John Colclazier for a discussion on how t...
Charming and irresistible as it is, the nineteenth-century slang term “gerrymander” cannot generate ...
In the United States, the decentralization of power over redistricting to the states has prevented t...