We the People

The History and Future of Partisan Gerrymandering in America

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In this episode, Bradley Smith of Capital University Law School and Nicholas Stephanopoulos of Harvard Law School join to discuss the history and future of partisan gerrymandering, including the mid-decade redistricting battles of the Gilded Age and the ongoing mid-decade redistricting efforts in Texas and California.


Resources

  • Rucho v. Common Cause (2019) 
  • Reynolds v. Sims (1964) 
  • Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Aligning Election Law (2024) 
  • Nicholas Stephanopoulos & Eric McGhee, “Partisan Gerrymandering and the Efficiency Gap,” Chicago Unbound (2014) 
  • Bradley Smith, Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform (2001)  


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