Interesting. I didn’t know about this legal case.
https://spectator.org/will-roberts-get-rolled-on-census-case/
Will Roberts Get Rolled on Census Case?
FTA:
The Constitution requires U.S. House districts to be drawn based on total population, but the door was left slightly ajar by SCOTUS regarding the possibility of districting based on the count of citizens in its 2016 Evenwel v. Abbott ruling.
Why? Because the “total population” requirement conflicts with the constitutional doctrine of “one-person, one-vote.” As Blum puts it, “Evenwel v. Abbott expanded their options to include equalizing for total population or citizen population. Equalizing for citizen population, rather than total population, will have the effect of giving eligible voters equality of electoral power.” If contiguous districts contain equal populations but widely divergent numbers of actual citizens, the district with the lowest number of citizens wields more electoral power per eligible voter.
That injustice can’t be fixed until SCOTUS allows the citizenship question to be included in the census. The Democrats and the ACLU will prevent that if possible. They know it will shift electoral power away from states like New York and toward states like Texas. The former is hemorrhaging genuine citizens due to high taxes and cost of living. And those people are moving to… well… Texas. If the Dems can’t win Department of Commerce v. New York on the merits, they’ll try to force John Roberts to roll over. Can the Chief Justice take the pressure this time?
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3757452/posts?page=1
Will Roberts Get Rolled on Census Case?
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