The Supreme Court is wading into the thicket of partisan redistricting in a case from Wisconsin.
The justices say Monday they will decide whether Republican lawmakers drew electoral districts so out of whack with the state’s political breakdown that they violated the constitutional rights of Democratic voters.
It’s the high court’s first case on what’s known as partisan gerrymandering in more than a decade, and the outcome could affect elections across the country.
The case will be argued in the fall.
A three-judge court struck down Wisconsin’s legislative districts in November and ordered new maps drawn in time for the 2018 elections. That work is proceeding.
Have your vomit bags handy for this.
I do believe I’ve read somewhere Kennedy is not a fan of politicians picking their constituents. This may be a good thing for small d democrats, consequently, for all of us.
Computer Aided Districts are here to stay. Regardless of how this turns out, the GOP will use attitudinal, neighborhood characteristics, etc. to effectively accomplish the same thing.
The best result of this is if they just say politicians can no longer draw districts and a third non partisan party using rules has to do it. No idea how likely such a outcome would be, but that would be the fix for these issues.
Worked beautifully in California, and now AZ is going to have a bipartisan independent redistricting commission I believe.