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The Supreme Court Rules 5-4 that Partisan Gerrymandering is Acceptable
[nytimes.com]

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The state’s congressional delegation, in a purple state in which neither party had a distinct edge, was at the time made up of 10 Republicans and three Democrats. A key goal, lawmakers said, was “to maintain the current partisan makeup of North Carolina’s congressional delegation.”

“I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats,” explained David Lewis, a Republican member of the General Assembly’s redistricting committee. “So I drew this map to help foster what I think is better for the country.”

“I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats,” he said, “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.”

The plan worked. In 2016, Republican congressional candidates won 53 percent of the statewide vote. But, as predicted, they again won in 10 of the 13 congressional districts, or 77 percent of them.

In 2018, the statewide vote was about evenly divided, but Democrats again secured only three seats.

greyeyed123 7 June 27
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It's pretty clear that they chickened out of takign a stand on an obvious issue of abuse by delegating to the individual states.

perhaps chickened out is nto correct, as the conservative justices voted in a block to maintain a (mostly) conservative political advantage. Thsi is one rulign which history books of hte future sill show as a bad ruling.

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