Blar Redistricting Blar

It's hard for me to get all excited over the redistricting talk being tossed about in the legislature, because I really doubt it's going to come to pass.

But it certainly has generated some excitement on the Left.

I'm still not quite sure why redistricting by the judiciary is preferable to redistricting by the legislature.*** Especially since the legislature is charged constitutionally with the responsibility.

But I really don't have a dog in this race. Blar.

*** Okay, I am sure. Since the legislature is now controlled by the GOP, Democrats probably think they're gonna get screwed. So they prefer judicial intervention in electoral politics. I do wonder how many of them approved of judicial intervention in electoral politics in, oh, say Florida in 2000? Ah, but that was a different sort of intervention, I'm sure. So it goes....

[Posted at 21:46 CST on 05/07/03] [Link]