"Is more partisan redistricting coming to a state near you?"

Idid this Q&A with Harvard Law Today about mid-decade re-redistricting, the reargument in Callais , and other redistricting issues. Here are some excerpts:

Redrawing districts for partisan purposes at the beginning of a decade is, unfortunately, absolutely common. What has been much more uncommon in modern times is partisan mid-decade partisan redistricting; that is, redrawing the lines for partisan purposes when you’re otherwise under no obligation to redraw the lines. There was a famous case in Texas about 20 years ago where their court-drawn plan for the 2000 election was revised after Republicans then took control of the Texas State Government in 2002. They revised and released an aggressive, redrawn partisan gerrymander. In 2006, the Supreme Court allowed that map to stand. There