League of United Latin American Citizens V. Perry - Statewide Claims

Statewide Claims

  • The plaintiff's argument of this being a statewide unconstitutional partisan gerrymander was rejected 7-2.
  • The plaintiff's argument that states can redistrict only once per census under the federal constitution or acts of Congress was explicitly rejected. States can redistrict as often they please as long as they do it at least once every ten years.

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