Supreme Court punts on partisan gerrymandering

[Gass3268]

Finds the plaintiffs did not have standing:

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1008715274193965057

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1008715704751808512

They say nothing on the merits of the case.

[Gass3268]

They leave the door open for a 1st amendment based argument in the future:

https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1008716236795105281

I believe that's what the argument in the Maryland case is.

[Gass3268]

With 0 dissents. Guess nobody was convinced by “efficiency gap.” I’ve always thought the 1st Amendment claim in Benisek was stronger, so we’ll see

I think there is a majority here to strike down really egregious partisan gerrymandering, someone just needs to find the right argument.

[Gass3268]

They ruled on the Maryland case too:

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1008717468704133120

[Gass3268]

They ruled on the Maryland case too:

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1008717468704133120

What does it mean? I know we got a couple of lawyers around here.

Looks like that trail will move forward:

https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1008718658942783490

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/dale_e_ho/status/1008718032930267138

https://twitter.com/lissawicks/status/1008719490815799296

[Gass3268]

I can personally come up with many injuries in the Wisconsin Assembly map, lol!

[Gass3268]

Also interesting:

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1008720179545731072

[Gass3268]

PredictIt (and myself) vindicated.

You said they upheld partisan gerrymandering, which they did not. So no, you're not vindicated for posting clickbait garbage based on PredictIt, of all sites.

Exactly

[Gass3268]

Guys, the efficiency gap was a weak metric. This is about the best we could have gotten from Whitford.

Little bit disappointed about Benisek, but the door is still wide open.

I don't give a sh*t about the efficiency gap. The WI legislative map is an obvious "I know it when I see it" case. Not everything needs to be based on some arbitrary numerical standard.

They didn't say anything that they could not challenge multiple districts at once, like is currently the practice for racial gerrymandering, just that they can challenge the map in full. This is party of my conclusion of why I think they are going to narrowly strike down gerrymandered maps in the future in situations like Utah where Salt Lake County is ripped to pieces or in the future hypothetical of Davidson County getting torn apart in Tennessee.

[Gass3268]

It would probably be best to have independent redistricting committees or computer-generated districts but this is probably a good result, there is little in actual constitutional language to bar gerrymandering and ruling it unconstitutional could lead to partisan judges gerrymandering the maps themselves like in PA and Florida. Also given that the position most democrats have on gerrymandering is "it's ok when we do it" I have a feeling that their concerns with gerrymandering will go away if the democrats take control of more state governments this year

Hahahaha at FL and PA being gerrrymandered! You should become a comedian.