Michigan GOP claims independent redistricting violates the First Amendment

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https://www.vox.com/2019/9/9/20850936/gerrymandering-michigan-commission-republican-legal-argument

Truly the most bizarre argument on redistricting I've ever ever heard. Also weird they're pushing this since Whitmer will just veto their maps anyway.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

this really seems like something that could easily be solved with some AI

An AI would probably do something like draw a map where all districts were closest in area size as possible or something like that. Bad idea.

Computer assisted independent redistricting like in Iowa though is very useful.

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The House is honestly not that notably large. The British House of Commons, French Parliament, German Bundestag and many other legislatures have more members. Even the Canadian Parliament is about 75% of its size.