Discussion: SCOTUS To Review Whether Virginia Districts Are Racially Gerrymandered

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The Virginia State Board of Elections argues in court papers that the plan garnered near-unanimous support from both political parties as well as the House Black Caucus.

Well, I guess that passes for a legal argument these days…

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How else can districts be gerrymandered? Except , maybe, ethically?

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This is a terribly confusing article.

Here’s what happened:

https://ballotpedia.org/Redistricting_in_Virginia

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This plan isn’t racist. Why, some of this plan’s best friends are black.

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Channelling Scalia.

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So which were the four votes for taking this up? Or is it automatic?

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Just because the Virginia districts look like a hemorrhoid caught in a windstorm, the activist Supreme Court Judges are going to stick their big nose into a sovereign State’s business!