Ron DeSantis Defends Constitutionality of 'Political Gerrymandering'
Ron DeSantis, the Governor, argued that the fewer seats Democrats have, the better.
According to DeSantis,
those who draw the maps make the rules.
In a post, DeSantis stated that courts are likely to find racial gerrymandering unconstitutional because the Constitution bans
discrimination based on race.
However, DeSantis sees nothing in the document that prohibits a legislative map skewed to one party's benefit, saying
The Constitution says nothing about political gerrymandering, which is why the Court has found such claims to be non-justiciable.
DeSantis added that
a court can't just 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: Governor defends gerrymandering.