As for the fact that the courts redistricted instead of the legislature, I reject the notion that the court redistricting should stand because the legislature failed to do its job. If that were to be the failsafe, then a minority party would never agree to a new map, knowing that the courts will intervene. The only way to force the minority to deal in good faith is to take away the permanency of a court-instilled solution.
-PJ
What do the Democrats have to do to get more seats?
What do the Republicans have to do (to move the to left) to retain their seats? Why isn't the question ever, what must the Republicans do to get even more seats?
The Republicans are expected to pick up 2 seats from this redistricting (some democrats lying liars have said 7). This favorably increases the number of Republican seats.
It is a Democrat power blockade for them to try to retain seats in population centers that have a Republican majority because of the way that the district lines are drawn.
Altering the balance of power is not a bad thing. Madelyn Albright thought that it was scary that America was the world's lone superpower. X42 did something to change that by giving the Chinese needed missle technology in exchange for illegal campaign contributions.
The United States had the upper hand. We should not have felt ashamed about this.