Stanford Seminar - Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court: The Role of Social Science
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Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Outline
Davis V Bandemer
What followed
Vieth v Biller
LULAC v Perry
Political Parties
The Basic Problem
An Opening for Social Science
A Challenge for the Courts
Symmetry
The Counterfactual
The drunkards search
Thresholds
Kennedys concerns
Symmetry standard
Efficiency gap
Advantages of the efficiency gap
Bias and media indifference
When is too much
Advantages
Unhappy surprises
The efficiency gap
Blowout phenomenon
Computer simulations
Political neutrality
Where did this all get us
Background of the case
Results of the case
The plaintiffs expert witness
Results of simulations
Culture clash
Roberts manonthestreet
Where do we go next
Will there be a winning metric
Other reform efforts
Counterfactuals
Taught by
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