IN the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the EASTERN DISTRICT of PENNSYLVANIA LOUIS AGRE, Et Al. V. THOMAS W. WOLF, Governor
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA LOUIS AGRE, et al. CIVIL ACTION v. NO. 17-4392 THOMAS W. WOLF, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, JONATHAN MARKS, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, ROBERT TORRES, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, JOSEPH B. SCARNATI, III, President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, and MICHAEL C. TURZAI, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in their official capacities. MEMORANDUM Baylson, District Judge, Dissenting January 10, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 II. Procedural History .................................................................................................................. 1 III. Brief Statement of the Issues .................................................................................................. 2 IV. Stipulated Facts ....................................................................................................................... 2 V. Testimony ............................................................................................................................... 2 A. Plaintiffs’ Testimony ........................................................................................................ 2 B. Testimony by Senator Andrew Dinniman ...................................................................... 14 C. Testimony by Representative Vitali ............................................................................... 18 D. Testimony by Senator Daylin Leach .............................................................................. 18 E. Plaintiff’s Expert Witnesses ........................................................................................... 20 1. Anne Hanna ................................................................................................................ 20 2. Daniel McGlone ......................................................................................................... 26 F. Testimony by William Schaller—Introduced by Plaintiffs and Defendants ..................... 29 G. Testimony by Erik Arneson—Introduced by Plaintiffs and Defendants ....................... 31 H. Testimony by Defense Experts ...................................................................................... 33 1. Nolan McCarty ........................................................................................................... 33 2. James G. Gimpel......................................................................................................... 38 VI. Findings of Fact .................................................................................................................... 43 A. Credibility of Witnesses ................................................................................................. 43 B. Intent ............................................................................................................................... 46 VII. Supreme Court Case Summary—Non-Election Clause Decisions ....................................... 49 A. Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) ............................................................................... 49 B. Gaffney v. Cummings, 412 U.S. 735 (1973) ................................................................. 51 C. Davis v. Bandemer, 478 U.S. 109 (1986) ...................................................................... 52 D. Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992) ...................................................................... 55 E. League of United Latin Am. Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006) ............................ 57 F. Harris v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm’n, 136 S. Ct. 1301 (2016) ......................... 59 G. Vieth v. Jubelirer, 541 U.S. 267 (2004) ......................................................................... 60 VIII. History and Decisions Under the Elections Clause .............................................................. 65 A. History of the Elections Clause: Constitutional Convention and Related Materials ..... 65 1. The Risk of State Legislatures Seeking to Manipulate Congressional Elections Through the Regulatory Power ............................................................................................. 65 2. State Legislatures as a Threat to the Continued Existence of the Federal Government . .................................................................................................................................... 68 3. The Risk of Congress Seeking to Manipulate Congressional Election Outcomes Through the Regulatory Power ............................................................................................. 70 B. Case Law Discussion ..................................................................................................... 73 1. Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355 (1932) ........................................................................ 73 2. U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995) ......................................... 73 3. Cook v. Gralike, 531 U.S. 510 (2001) ........................................................................ 77 4. Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Indep. Redistricting Comm’n, 135 S. Ct. 2652 (2015) .................................................................................................................................... 79 IX. Standing ................................................................................................................................ 82 A. Injury .............................................................................................................................. 83 B. District-by-District Injury-in-Fact Requirements ........................................................... 85 C. Statewide Challenge Injury-in-Fact Requirements ........................................................ 86 D. Conclusion Re Standing and Injury ............................................................................... 87 X. Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Relationship to This Case ............................................................................................................................................... 88 A. The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36 (1873) ............................................................. 88 B. Colgate v. Harvey, 296 U.S. 404 (1935) ........................................................................ 90 C. Madden v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 309 U.S. 83 (1940) ....................................... 90 D. Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489 (1999) ................................................................................ 91 XI. Burden of Proof – Clear and Convincing Evidence .............................................................. 92 XII. The Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering ............................................................. 99 A. Voting Rights Act ........................................................................................................... 99 B. Racial Gerrymandering Cases ...................................................................................... 100 C. Prior Racial Gerrymandering Cases Involving Appearance ........................................ 101 XIII. Justiciability ........................................................................................................................ 103 A. Court Decisions ............................................................................................................ 103 B. The Statute Authorizing this Three-Judge Court ......................................................... 103 C. Precedent Regarding Justiciability – Cases Involving Politics .................................... 104 D. Technology and Public Policy ...................................................................................... 108 E. Justiciability is Not a Concept Frozen in Time ............................................................ 109 F. Let’s Forget About Politics .............................................................................................. 112 XIV. Standards ...................................................................................................................... 113 A. Looking at this Case from the Viewpoint of the Voter ................................................ 113 ii B. Adopting a Standard – Visual Analysis, Neutral Principles, and Absence of Usual Process .................................................................................................................................... 115 1. Plaintiffs’ Allegations ............................................................................................... 116 2. Use of Traditional Neutral Standards ....................................................................... 117 3. Application of Neutral Principles ............................................................................. 121 4. Partisan Gerrymandering Decisions Discussing Appearance .................................. 123 C. Visual Map Review Proves Unconstitutional Gerrymandering in Five Districts ........ 126 D. Absence of Process ....................................................................................................... 140 XV. Declaratory Judgment and Remedy ...................................................................................