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The Vacancy and the 2016 Term

The Court released the final decisions of the 2016 Term on Monday, June 26th, bringing the total number of opinions issued by the mostly short-handed bench to 69. In contrast, the 2015 term saw the release of 80 merits opinions, indicating the empty seat did have a significant effect on justices as they filled the [...]

Racial Gerrymandering in the SCOTUS 2016 Term

Ann Tosel2019-03-18T18:47:19-05:00December 6th, 2016|Tags: gerrymandering, SCOTUS, SCOTUS 2016, Supreme Court|

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument regarding racial gerrymandering in two southern states: Virginia (Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, No. 15-680) and North Carolina (McCrory v. Harris, No. 15-1262). The topic was brought before the Supreme Court earlier this year in Wittman v. Personhuballah, No. 14-1504, however, the Justices dismissed [...]