[Canticle_of_Deborah]

give authority for drawing legislative and congressional districts to a panel of retired judges

Does this bother anyone else?

[calcowgirl]

"...give authority for drawing legislative and congressional districts to a panel of retired judges."

Does this bother anyone else?

Yes. I think that selected judges can be more corrupt than elected representatives. I don't like what we have, but I think there are better solutions. (e.g. tighten up the language of the law to reduce the ability to pick and choose or let a computer model draw the districts.)