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Originally Posted by Not Bob
Namaste.
After catching up, I'll agree with GGG on this. Traditional gerrymandering seems to be ok so long as race isn't involved (or presumably some other protected class - maybe religion in some areas? Like Hasidic Jews in NY or non-Mormons in Utah?). But as GGG noted, lots of the South is politically paralyzed by race. Ironically, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act may come into play against the GOP in one sense - the idea of creating majority black districts was originally a way to comply with the redistricting pre-clearance provisions of the VRA.
Also, I was a little shocked that Justice Thomas joined the majority on this one. I guess NC went too far even for him to stomach.
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Look at the 11th and 14th district. In the middle of the 11th it jumps up and over a city called Pontiac, which in lumped into the 14th, stretching way up. Pontiac is black/Mexican people. I cannot think of a second reason for those districts to look that way. On the other hand, there are majority white areas in the 14th, but I think those might be needed to connect to Pontiac.
NC seemed a bit more extreme, but there is little question in my mind as to why they look that way.
