I am trying to figure out why REDISTRICTING is good in California and Virginia, but bad in Florida and Texas.

[WorldWatcher]

That's you paraphrasing....right?

No that’s the result of the SCOTUS action in DEC 2025 that challenged the Texas redistricting.

They approved it because it was for political advantage to the party in power.

WW

 

[Billiejeens]

To paraphrase…

The SCOTUS said restricting for political power is fine.

WW

It just can't be racist in nature, which undermines the entire Democrat Party plan.

 

[postman]

as long as each dosage favors Democrats -

See Goose v Gander 1 U.S. 100 (1776)

 

[postman]

That's you paraphrasing....right?

That's pretty much what the Supreme Court (Roberts court) said in their
LOUISIANA v. CALLAIS ET AL. No. 24–109.

Opinion of the Court

this Court’s decision in Rucho. In that decision, we held that claims of partisan gerrymandering are not justiciable in federal court. See 588 U. S., at 704–710. The upshot of Rucho was that, as far as federal law is concerned, a state legislature may use partisan advantage as a factor in redistricting.

 

[dblack]

See Goose v Gander 1 U.S. 100 (1776)

Down with Goose! Down with Gander!

 

[postman]

It just can't be racist in nature, which undermines the entire Democrat Party plan.

Actually the court said that they will no longer use the effects to determine if it's racist, but go by the stated "intent" only.
So if a state wants to disenfranchise blacks, because they vote 90% democratic, they can't do it on a racial basis, but it's O.K. to disenfranchise an area that votes heavily democratic.

 

[Moonglow]

and how will they do that ? or are you just saying something silly with nothing to back it up ?

Barry Morphew, a Colorado man who was accused of murdering his wife and subsequently used her ballot to vote for Trump. [1, 2]

 

[HikerGuy83]

and how will they do that ? or are you just saying something silly with nothing to back it up ?

Didn't take you long to figure him out.

I use the ignore function liberally.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Actually the court said that they will no longer use the effects to determine if it's racist, but go by the stated "intent" only.
So if a state wants to disenfranchise blacks, because they vote 90% democratic, they can't do it on a racial basis, but it's O.K. to disenfranchise an area that votes heavily democratic.

You mean like Virginia just tried to do.

 

[HikerGuy83]

I can't be the only one who understands that Texas was forced to redraw the maps under court order.

Can you expand on that a little more?

 

[Moonglow]

Didn't take you long to figure him out.

I use the ignore function liberally.

 

[Moonglow]

Can you expand on that a little more?

While Texas has frequently faced litigation over redistricting—with at least one map found in violation of the Voting Rights Act each decade since 1965—the Supreme Court recently intervened to stop a lower court from forcing a redraw. A federal court in 2025 initially blocked Texas's new maps over racial gerrymandering, but the Supreme Court allowed them for the 2026 election. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

 

[Meister]

That's pretty much what the Supreme Court (Roberts court) said in their
LOUISIANA v. CALLAIS ET AL. No. 24–109.

Opinion of the Court

this Court’s decision in Rucho. In that decision, we held that claims of partisan gerrymandering are not justiciable in federal court. See 588 U. S., at 704–710. The upshot of Rucho was that, as far as federal law is concerned, a state legislature may use partisan advantage as a factor in redistricting.

As a factor, not THE Factor.
A 240 mile long snake district to get the desired outcome seems a bit excessive.

 

[Billiejeens]

Can you expand on that a little more?

The 2021 map was challenged with multiple lawsuits including those by Biden's DOJ and they were instructed to redraw them.

 

[MarcATL]

The OP is not a serious person.

 

[rightwinger]

as of when?

Please watch the news

 

[Billiejeens]

Please watch the news

I was asking what RW Troll thought

 

[rightwinger]

Gerrymandering is like arsenic. We can survive it in small doses, spread out over time.

We have started a gerrymandering war that will kill Democracy

 

[LeftofLeft]

Gerrymandering is out of control and an actual issue

I don’t like it. I try and put my mind in the minds of the framers to address population shifts. If you are the party in power, it’s difficult not to be biased. That’s just an analysis, not a justification.

 

[konradv]

That is the argument.

And you are the one who is losing it.

Virginia is a fail. You and your left-wing losers are law-breakers and crybabies.

You are going to fail in VA and Kleenex is stocking up so you guys won't run out when FL, TN, and other states start rolling in.

Once we kill your NPV initiative in the courts, this country might start to look like it once did.