The Court says vote dilution can be proven only after "controlling" racial polarization for partisan polarization. This is a nonsensical and impossible test
Viewed neutrally, it is a simple stat error. But it's more likely that the decision of people like Alito (and certainly Roberts) happened first and then he (they) came up with plausible-sounding rationalizations for it.
The Court has been clear that it believes the states get to do whatever they want to determine their Congresspeople. I disagree but so be it. Gerrymandering sucks regardless of whether it is about partisanship or race. My neighborhood is an appendage to a Congressional district that resulted from a gerrymander to create a majority-minority district (seat held by Pressley which surrounds me but doesn't include me). In fact if Greater Boston were un-gerrymandered there would likely be more minority representation in Congress with no impact on D vs R.
The Court is either statistically naive or it is duplicitous. I vote for duplicitous.
Viewed neutrally, it is a simple stat error. But it's more likely that the decision of people like Alito (and certainly Roberts) happened first and then he (they) came up with plausible-sounding rationalizations for it.
Thank you for this exquisite clarification, Mr. Morris.
Doing my best to share it across my feeds.
Education is critical to communicate a sense of urgency, thus eliciting the tsunami of voters we're going to need this fall.
Thus confirms what I’ve long known about the court. We should all be clear: these are not,stupid people, they did,this on purpose
The Court has been clear that it believes the states get to do whatever they want to determine their Congresspeople. I disagree but so be it. Gerrymandering sucks regardless of whether it is about partisanship or race. My neighborhood is an appendage to a Congressional district that resulted from a gerrymander to create a majority-minority district (seat held by Pressley which surrounds me but doesn't include me). In fact if Greater Boston were un-gerrymandered there would likely be more minority representation in Congress with no impact on D vs R.