Justice
The SCOTUS Case That Could Weaken Representation for Urban Latinos
Should voting-district lines be drawn based on the number of people living there or the number of voters? The answer will influence how urban communities are truly represented.
While Hillary Clinton is hoping that improving voter registration and early voting will boost the turnout of likely Democratic voters like Latinos, African Americans, and urban Millennials, those hopes could be dashed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The high court recently elected to hear Evenwel v. Abbott, a case that will consider the question of “whether the cities should enjoy the same per capita representation as their suburban and rural, whiter, older counterparts,” as University of Texas at Austin law professor Joseph Fishkin frames it.