Redistricting and Evenwel v. Abbott – A Survey of the Scholarly Coverage

As we anticipate the Supreme Court’s ruling in Evenwel v. Abbott, here’s a rundown of recent academic scholarship regarding “one person – one vote.” Some of this is from Rick Hasen’s summary of hot draft law review articles on the Social Science Research Network, and some is just from simple searching.

Rick Pildes, Symposium: Misguided hysteria over Evenwel v. Abbott, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 30, 2015, 12:01 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/07/symposium-misguided-hysteria-over-evenwel-v-abbott

Rick Hasen, Symposium: Ideology, partisanship, and the new “one person, one vote” case, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 31, 2015, 12:01 AM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/07/symposium-ideology-partisanship-and-the-new-one-person-one-vote-case

Fishkin, Joseph, “Be Careful What You Wish For in Evenwel, Justice Kennedy” Texas Law, December 10, 2015; https://law.utexas.edu/news/2015/12/10/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-in-evenwel-justice-kennedy

Berry, Thomas, The New Federal Analogy: Evenwel v. Abbott and the History of Congressional Apportionment (December 9, 2015). NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2701538

Klarner, Carl Eoin, Assessing the Potential Impact of Evenwel v. Abbott (December 6, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2699850

Parsons, Gary Michael, Clearing the Political Thicket: Why Political Gerrymandering for Partisan Advantage is Unconstitutional (December 1, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2698183

Muller, Derek T., Perpetuating ‘One Person, One Vote’ Errors (December 1, 2015). Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Forthcoming; Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper 2015/16. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2697719

Tokaji, Daniel P., Realizing the Right to Vote: The Story of Thornburg v. Gingles (November 30, 2015). Election Law Stories, Foundation Press, 2016 Forthcoming; Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 322. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2697007

Edelman, Paul H., Evenwel, Voting Power and Dual Districting (November 13, 2015). Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44, 2016; Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-16; Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 15-19. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2631666 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2631666

Hasen, Richard L., Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn but with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists (August 4, 2015). UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-70. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2639902

Foley, Edward B., Voters as Fiduciaries (June 30, 2015). Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 296. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2612001 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2612001