Ron DeSantis Defends Constitutionality of 'Political Gerrymandering'
Ron DeSantis, Governor, believes that the fewer seats Democrats have, the better.
According to DeSantis, those who draw the maps make the rules.
The Constitution bans "discrimination based on race,"
DeSantis argued that courts are likely to find racial gerrymandering to be unconstitutional, but sees nothing in the document that prohibits a legislative map skewed to one party's benefit.
The Constitution says nothing about political gerrymandering, which is why the Court has found such claims to be non-justiciable.
DeSantis stated that a court can't find things to be unconstitutional because it doesn't like them, there needs to be a basis in the text, history, and structure of the Constitution for its decision.
Author's summary: DeSantis defends political gerrymandering.