Michael Li (李之樸)
@mcpli.bsky.social
Senior Counsel, Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Redistricting, voting rights, elections. From Texas.
The court in the case challenging New York's congressional map on race-related grounds has entered the scheduling order agreed to by the parties. Key date: Preliminary injunction hearing Jan. 6-7.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The court in the case challenging New York's congressional map on race-related grounds has entered the scheduling order agreed to by the parties. Key date: Preliminary injunction hearing Jan. 6-7.
drive.google.com/file/d/128Ap...
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The court in the case challenging New York's congressional map on race-related grounds has entered the scheduling order agreed to by the parties. Key date: Preliminary injunction hearing Jan. 6-7.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The court in the case challenging New York's congressional map on race-related grounds has entered the scheduling order agreed to by the parties. Key date: Preliminary injunction hearing Jan. 6-7.
drive.google.com/drive/home
drive.google.com/drive/home
First snow of the season
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First snow of the season
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
BREAKING: Utah state court strikes the remedial congressional map enacted by the legislature on gerrymandering grounds and orders the state to use a map proposed by the plaintiffs for the 2026 midterms.
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
drive.google.com/file/d/19rjo...
NEW: The parties in the state court case challenging the New York congressional map have agreed to a January 6-7 preliminary injunction hearing.
www.citylandnyc.org/ny-elections...
www.citylandnyc.org/ny-elections...
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NEW: The parties in the state court case challenging the New York congressional map have agreed to a January 6-7 preliminary injunction hearing.
www.citylandnyc.org/ny-elections...
www.citylandnyc.org/ny-elections...
NEW: The DCCC has moved to intervene in the California GOP's lawsuit challenging the new California congressional on racial gerrymandering grounds.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Slb6...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Slb6...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
NEW: The DCCC has moved to intervene in the California GOP's lawsuit challenging the new California congressional on racial gerrymandering grounds.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Slb6...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Slb6...
Timeline cleanse:
Cardinal and blue jay pics from the Bird Buddy.
Cardinal and blue jay pics from the Bird Buddy.
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Timeline cleanse:
Cardinal and blue jay pics from the Bird Buddy.
Cardinal and blue jay pics from the Bird Buddy.
Coming in 2026 from the Postal Service, a series of stamps honoring key figures from the American Revolution.
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Coming in 2026 from the Postal Service, a series of stamps honoring key figures from the American Revolution.
Signs of the coming season: Christmas windows at Printemps in FiDi
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Signs of the coming season: Christmas windows at Printemps in FiDi
Saturday coffee shop life, Brooklyn.
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Saturday coffee shop life, Brooklyn.
Gov. Newsom & the state defendants have agreed to a quick briefing schedule and a quick preliminary injunction hearing (subject, of course, to the court agreeing).
Newsom, et al. will respond by next Fri, 11/14.
Parties are asking for PI hearing to be between 11/18 & 11/24.
Newsom, et al. will respond by next Fri, 11/14.
Parties are asking for PI hearing to be between 11/18 & 11/24.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Gov. Newsom & the state defendants have agreed to a quick briefing schedule and a quick preliminary injunction hearing (subject, of course, to the court agreeing).
Newsom, et al. will respond by next Fri, 11/14.
Parties are asking for PI hearing to be between 11/18 & 11/24.
Newsom, et al. will respond by next Fri, 11/14.
Parties are asking for PI hearing to be between 11/18 & 11/24.
NEW: The California Republican Party and other plaintiffs have filed a motion asking for a preliminary injunction blocking the new California congressional map.
Their brief here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1O1UX...
Their brief here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1O1UX...
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: The California Republican Party and other plaintiffs have filed a motion asking for a preliminary injunction blocking the new California congressional map.
Their brief here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1O1UX...
Their brief here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1O1UX...
Wall Street station by evening
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Wall Street station by evening
And here's what the other set of plaintiffs, the Williams plaintiffs, are arguing in support of a preliminary injunction of the new North Carolina congressional map.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
And here's what the other set of plaintiffs, the Williams plaintiffs, are arguing in support of a preliminary injunction of the new North Carolina congressional map.
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The NC congressional cases have two sets of plaintiffs. Here's what the North Carolina NAACP plaintiffs are arguing as their basis for a preliminary injunction.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The NC congressional cases have two sets of plaintiffs. Here's what the North Carolina NAACP plaintiffs are arguing as their basis for a preliminary injunction.
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NEW: The court in the cases challenging the new North Carolina congressional map has scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for 11/19. #NCPol
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZP6C...
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZP6C...
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: The court in the cases challenging the new North Carolina congressional map has scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for 11/19. #NCPol
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZP6C...
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZP6C...
Zuccotti Park Christmas lights now completely up
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Zuccotti Park Christmas lights now completely up
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The front pages of the NYC tabloids today.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The front pages of the NYC tabloids today.
Fulton Street station by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (completed 2014)
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fulton Street station by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (completed 2014)
The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
The post-election cover of the New Yorker.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The post-election cover of the New Yorker.