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user-inactivated · 3217 days ago · link · · parent · post: One-Third Of Congressional Districts Could Be Affected By Supreme Court Ruling : It's All Politics : NPR
Well, the redistricting commission's argument practically writes itself: "If 'state' can mean 'not state' (per Burwell), then 'legislature' can mean 'not legislature.'" /s For real, though, when this decision hits the presses, what most articles are going to miss is this: the evidence that political (i.e., legislature-based) redistricting results in partisan bias is actually pretty weak.