Breaking: Conservatives Just Lost Huge at the Supreme Court

One Person, One Vote Wins Against Conservative Attempts

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a rare unanimous decision, has just ruled that states may rely on total population, and not just eligible voter population, when redrawing voter districts. Conservatives in Texas argued that only eligible voters should be relied upon when redistricting, claiming the U.S. Constitution forbids counting immigrants, children, and prisoners, who are not legally eligible to vote.

“The plaintiffs alleged the Texas legislative map effectively diluted the representation of citizens in rural, Republican-leaning areas in favor of Democratic-trending cities like Houston, where the population includes immigrants and children who are ineligible to vote,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“As the Framers of the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment comprehended, representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible to vote,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who authored the decision, wrote.

“As history, precedent, and practice demonstrate, it is plainly permissible” to use total population for state redistricting, Justice Ginsburg added, as Buzzfeed notes. 

The case, Evenwel v. Abbott, can be read in full here.

UPDATE I: 11:02 PM EDT –

 

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