[sphinx]

The judged have neither the technical expertise nor the software to draw a redistricting map. They would have adoptrd a map drawn by someone else? So: who actually drew the new lines? And what criteria were used?

If the judges retained a neutral outside consultant and ordered lines drawn strictly on the basis of compactness and contiguity, the map might pass the smell test. If they simply adopted the plaintiff's map and mandated the Democrat plan, it's a very different matter.

[IrishBrigade]

‘If the judges retained a neutral outside consultant and ordered lines drawn strictly on the basis of compactness and contiguity, the map might pass the smell test.’

...the justices enlisted Nathaniel Persily, a redistricting expert and Stanford Law professor...