While in principle, I actually think the idea of someone other than partisan political hacks doing redistricting (is there such an animal?), I was reading through the decision, and the logic of the dissenters is almost exactly the same as that argued against the recent obamacare decision. In that case, just because the majority wanted the wording "by the state" to mean "by the state or federal government", does not make it true. In this case, the Constitution specifies that redistricting be done by the legislature. Just because it might be a good idea to have a commission do the job, doesn't mean it is Constitutional to do so. The solution is to amend the Constitution to make it legal, not just redefine "legislature" to mean "legislature or the people".
I thought it was interesting that Roberts authored this dissent, given that he voted the other way on SCOTUSCare.
Irony much?
Yeah I rad the decision too and you are HANDS DOWN ON POINT about the irony of that. I don’t see how he reconciles those two.
GOOD catch on your part.