What convinced the Supreme Court to take the Wisconsin gerrymandering case?

Re:What convinced the Supreme Court to take the Wisconsin ge... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:00PM (#14754240)

As possible given what constraints? There's no requirement that they have equal population; it seems like your rule would always require districts to cross zero county lines.

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Re:What convinced the Supreme Court to take the Wisconsin ge... by bluetwo on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:36PM (#14755241)

If it could be drawn while crossing zero lines, then yes. But even then it is likely several different options would exist, and each party would try to pick one that favors them.

I'm OK with that as a solution.

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Re:What convinced the Supreme Court to take the Wisconsin ge... by s73ver on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @07:47PM (#14757649)

Then why not make the county the de facto district, and subdivide the county as needed when populations rise?

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Re:What convinced the Supreme Court to take the Wisconsin ge... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @02:56PM (#14755434)

> If it could be drawn while crossing zero lines, then yes

What would prevent this?

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