District Court, Splitting 2-1, Finds Texas Congressional Districts Violate VRA

[hopper]

This is crazy 8 years after Texas's current Congressional Map was made its ruled unconstitutional. Couldn't this ruling have come sooner? The current map will come up for revision in 2021 for the 2022 mid-terms.

I wish we could just do redistricting by a computer program designed to do correct congressional redistricting without gerrymandering.

[hopper]

Honestly, we should just get rid of the VRA district requirements *and* partisan gerrymandering. Draw compact districts like Elections Canada does and then every party can let the chips fall where they may. Compete for votes, make voters actually like you. Gerrymandering, IMO, is why both parties are so widely reviled these days.

That could easily lead to African Americans in the South being completely drawn out of power.  Its not hard to draw compact districts which destroy their representation.  

I'm sure African Americans would still have representation in the Atlanta, Georgia area though even without VRA though. TN-9 which is based in Memphis, TN would probably still be there too which is a VRA district.

[hopper]

This is crazy 8 years after Texas's current Congressional Map was made its ruled unconstitutional. Couldn't this ruling have come sooner? The current map will come up for revision in 2021 for the 2022 mid-terms.

I wish we could just do redistricting by a computer program designed to do correct congressional redistricting without gerrymandering.

Who gets to define "correct redistricting"?

Without gerrymandering.

[hopper]

This is crazy 8 years after Texas's current Congressional Map was made its ruled unconstitutional. Couldn't this ruling have come sooner? The current map will come up for revision in 2021 for the 2022 mid-terms.

I wish we could just do redistricting by a computer program designed to do correct congressional redistricting without gerrymandering.

Who gets to define "correct redistricting"?

Without gerrymandering.

Who decides what is a gerrymander and what is not? Opinions on this differ from person to person.

MI and IL congressional maps are gerrymander-lites. PA and OH Congressional Maps are messy gerrymanders. MD-06 is a gerrymander no doubt.