A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
California seems to have done it legally. Republicans have fought tooth and nail for decades to make gerrymandering legal. While I don’t believe in gerrymandering, I’m not going to try and save them from the literal consequences of their attacks on democracy. Maybe now Republicans will finally understand why an independent districting body matters.
California seems to have done it legally. Republicans have fought tooth and nail for decades to make gerrymandering legal. While I don’t believe in gerrymandering, I’m not going to try and save them from the literal consequences of their attacks on democracy. Maybe now Republicans will finally understand why an independent districting body matters.