RBG slaps down Gorsich

Gill v. Whitford, a Supreme Corp. case, is being currently argued. Gorsich is taking the conservative position that the SC should not interfere in State legislative decisions, even going so far as to say the Constitution fails to give the Court that authority. RBG shut him down with one sentence: "Where did 'one person, one vote' come from?" This was quickly followed by Whitford's attorney citing Reyolds v. Sims and Baker v. Carr. The former concluded:

"Respect for state sovereignty must bow to the republic's most basic principles, liberty and equality, and the right to an equal vote is the necessary means to securing both."

The latter concluded:  "Having declared redistricting issues justiciable in Baker, the court laid out a new test for evaluating such claims. The Court formulated the famous "one person, one vote" standard under American jurisprudence for legislative redistricting, holding that each individual had to be weighted equally in legislative apportionment."

Gorsich shut up after that. The SC indeed has jurisdiction over State gerrymandering so we'll see if the conservatives respect its own Court's precedents or ignores them in favor of further rigging elections.