We will gather on September 2 to discuss the implications of Louisiana v. Callais for the political science discipline. We would be honored if you could join us for this conversation.
 
Our vision for the day is to focus on a number of specific questions: What can political science offer in terms of supporting strong inferences of intentional discrimination? Are there new tools we can use or develop to further separate race from party in a racially polarized voting (RPV) setting? If Gingles had not been handed down, what tests would we have wanted to develop to prove RPV? And, from a more theoretical perspective, what work do we need to do to further unpack the relationship between race and party?
 
We invite you to think about these questions and ask others you think are relevant for our conversation. Closer to the event, we will circulate a questionnaire to get a sense of where we all stand on these issues. We will compile folks’ responses and share them anonymously with the group ahead of time, so we can have a generative conversation on September 2.

If you have any questions, reach out to Kevin Morris at morrisk@brennan.law.nyu.edu.

Produced in partnership with the Northeastern University Department of Political Science