The Supreme Court isn't responsible for partisan gerrymandering. But current events in Texas underscore how much its 2019 ruling in Rucho has left (some) states free to radically abuse the practice.| www.stevevladeck.com
Wednesday's ruling in Boyle isn't the first time the Court has given precedential effect to an unsigned order, but it's the first time it tried to explain *why,* for reasons that ... fail to persuade.| www.stevevladeck.com
With the justices handing down so many significant grants of emergency relief without rationales, it's worth identifying the arguments in support of unexplained rulings—and why they fail to persuade.| www.stevevladeck.com