The Yale Law Journal

Bruce E. Cain

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Redistricting Commissions: A Better Political Buffer?

Bruce E. Cain


121 Yale L.J. 1808 (2012).

The new institutionalism in election law aims to lessen the necessity of court
intervention in politically sensitive election administration matters such as redistricting by
harnessing politics to fix politics. Many hope that independent citizen commissions (ICCs) will
improve…