2. Students then must post thoughtful replies to two other student’s posts asking questions or adding more thoughts to their material (200 word minimums).

Since the early 1800s, partisan redistricting has been a point of contention. It continues to be even more so today. 

Explain how the United States House redistricting process works. How often does it happen? Who decides when it happens? Is it the same for every state? You can visit the following link  (Links to an external site.) in order to read about this. 

The Supreme Court has ruled on a recent case on partisan gerrymandering. The case was Rucho v. Common Cause. Read the syllabus on this case by clicking on the link to Rucho v. Common Cause (Links to an external site.). You can also see the case in Oyez at Rucho Oyez (Links to an external site.). After visiting these sites, discuss what the Supreme Court held. Then summarize why the Supreme Court ruled the way it did.

In your opinion, should the Supreme Court end hyper partisan gerrymandering? Why or why not? Is this the same as gerrymandering to discriminate by racer? Why or why not? Does the idea of partisan gerrymandering jeopardize the idea of “One Person, One Voter?’ If so how, if not why not? Click on this link  (Links to an external site.)to see an overview of One Person, One Vote.

Finally, there are a handful of states that utilize non-partisan or bi-partisan committees to avoid partisan gerrymandering. Discuss how these states do this and has it helped? What are other ways we could take avoid the partisanship in redistricting House congressional districts?