Redistricting

If the lawsuit in Wisconsin works to overthrow the proposed redistricting plan coming from the State Legislature, would it work here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?

From the lawsuit:

Under the legislation, Democrats have little chance of attaining and retaining a majority in either the Senate or the Assembly, or in the congressional delegation, giving them little ability to overcome minority status at any point over the next decade...

I think it might, since it would end up in Federal Court.  Just change "Democrats" to "Republicans" and file away.

Watching Wisconsin is so much fun this year.  The redistricting story even has a Chelmsford like sub-story in the form of Beloit, Wisconsin, which is about the same size as Chelmsford, population wise.  It used to be unitary in terms of seats, but now it has been broken up.  (In the interest of full disclosure, my wife's late aunt used to teach physics at Beloit College.)

All that said, the original blog post from Ann Althouse cites Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner as saying, back in 1986, "there is good reason to think that political gerrymandering is a self-limiting enterprise".  Maybe in Arizona.

The article is from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and carries the byline of Patrick Marley.

UPDATE:  Oh, this is embarrassing.  Aunt Mildred taught at Rockford College, which is in Rockford, IL, just across the border.  I wonder how I got this wrong?

Regards  —  Cliff