Featured | Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rob Yablon and seven other legal scholars submitted an amicus curiae brief in the Wisconsin redistricting case of Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, calling for the court to reject all party-submitted maps and produce their own more neutral plans with the help of a nonpartisan expert, or to let a federal court act.
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Rob Yablon Publishes Op-Ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Wisconsin Supreme Court is wrong to preserve gerrymandered electoral maps”
In the Media, Featured | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court has set the stage for another decade of gerrymandered electoral maps.”
Rob Yablon Featured in Wisconsin Redistricting Explainer
In the Media | The Cap Times
“Explainer: Which court will draw Wisconsin’s new voting maps?”
Rob Yablon Discusses Redistricting Case Before the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In the Media | WPR, Central Time
“How the Wisconsin Supreme Court might redraw the state’s legislative maps”
Wisconsin Law Review Special Issue 2021: “Public Law in the States”
Featured | Wisconsin Law Review
Special Issue: Public Law in the States
Redistricting and Gerrymandering 2021: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
Event, Featured
On November 19, 2021, the State Democracy Research Initiative co-hosted a discussion on redistricting with the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rob Yablon Featured on “Mapped Out” Series on Redistricting in Wisconsin
In the Media | WPR
“From courtrooms to commissions, redistricting in Wisconsin could take several paths How It Might Go”
Judge Sutton Responds to Symposium on “Who Decides?: States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation”
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“Symposium Response: Mountaineering Guides, River Crossers & Keen-Eyed Snorkelers Part 2”
Kickoff Event Featuring State Solicitors General
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On October 7, 2021, the State Democracy Research Initiative hosted a virtual kickoff event featuring state solicitors general from four states, who discussed their roles and perspectives on state government and cases they have litigated involving state democracy and state constitutional law.
Rob Yablon in The Cap Times: Professor Yablon discusses role of courts in redistricting
In the Media | The Cap Times
“Blurring the lines: Wisconsin braces for bitter redistricting battle”