Principles and Partisanship: Explicit Rules Constrain Courts and Lawmakers

• In Event: The Drawing of Consequential Lines: Electoral Rules, Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Brief Overview

Redistricting is a high stakes process, where partisan actors have strong incentives to manipulate the plans to their advantage. I use redistricting simulation methods to study that policymakers and courts are constrained by explicit rules.

Author

• Christopher T. Kenny, Harvard University