Holy ham sammich. The supreme court actually did a logical? Let's get a ball like this rolling in NC. Better yet, why don't we just do away with gerrymandering altogether? Disenfranchising voters of any persuasion is amoral, but it almost always affects minorities, especially people of color.
People underestimate how complicated the topic of gerrymandering is in the first place. It's not something you can simply get rid of since it's also used for good.
States also use gerrymandering to amplify the voices of marginalized groups, bringing them together into areas where they'll be able to choose representation.
It's because these balances are so subjective that the courts tend to stay out of it.
If you're reading an insult into what I said, then I'm happy to clarify that you're misreading, and there was certainly no insult intended.
I think the Supreme Court opinion from a few years ago did a great job illustrating the ways in which gerrymandering is used for the best, as the Court declined to pick sides in the complicated back and forth.
@volkris
People tend to underestimate me, too. So, I'm going to give you a pass on that not-so-thinly-veiled insult.
I'd love to see a recent example of when it was used to amplify the voices of the marginalized.