Federal Court Strikes Down "Unconstitutional" Gerrymandering in North Carolina

[LynnInDenver]

Most obscenely?  Well, look at those curves!

California's Redistricting Commission was put in place in a referendum backed by Governor Schwarzenegger, because he thought the lines were too biased against Republicans.  It turns out it really didn't work out that way at all here, though we did get many more competitive districts.  Although some formerly competitive re-districts, like mine, are now solidly Democrat.  California Republicans are hurt so much by their national brand that it's getting harder for them to compete.

I was wondering today if that was part of why there's been efforts in recent years to split California into two states, one mostly urban, one mostly rural. Pick up a guaranteed Republican seat or three, so they could adjust the balance of power in that way. There was a similar effort a few years back here in Colorado, with rational of, "rural areas need their voices to be heard, they have different needs compared to the in-power metropolitan areas".

Regarding the bolded; actually that's a bad idea. Most judges in the US are elected directly by the people.

That's why I put it at the END of the list. I recognize that the courts do NOT want to get into that political can of worms if they can help it. Better to try to get them to do a bipartisan committee to redraw the lines first, before smacking them with the "nuke it from orbit" option.