Let's cross our fingers and pray to deities that the Supreme Court makes the right decision on gerrymandering.
I always hope that the Supreme Court will make "the right decision" based on an objective interpretation of the Constitution, and in my carefully considered opinion, the right decision is that gerrymandering is not unconstitutional. According to what I've read so far, the Court has yet to come up with at least five Justices who have clearly stated whether or not the phenomenon of gerrymandering is constitutional or unconstitutional.
PJ, if you think it is clearly unconstitutional, what provision in the Constitution prohibits gerrymandering?
The Supreme Court decided in 1986 in Davis v. Bandemer that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional and can be challenged in court. The problem is that is that it set such strict standards that hardly anything came up as gerrymandering. That is what needs to be changed, as shoving different groups into oddly shaped districts to benefit one party is clearly unconstitutional.
