jufr justification for the large endurable partisan effect we ve seen. that s what we ve seen in under 60 seconds. you are able to reduce to numerical a quantitative score whether gerrymandering has crossed the line in a particular state. is that it in a nutshell? that s the key to the second prong of the test. it asks whether the map has shown a large and durable discriminatory effect. well, i hope you re successful. look, my cards are on the table. i think that gerrymandering needs to be reined in. both parties have done it. they ve done it for a long, long time you all the way back to aldridge gerry. it s not just gerrymandering, there s a sort that is associating too much with the white-minded. so it won t be a panacea if you re successful.
columbia law school is located in new york city. this is a little over an hour. we re going to continue our discussion of redistricting la . last time we dealt with one person, one vote. we ll review those, and we ll also talk about sort of historical examples of gerrymandering. the word gerrymander comes from eldridge gerry, the anti-federalist governor of massachusetts who in 1812 passed a redistricting plan which looked like a salamon, and because of that districting plan and in particular one of the districts in it, specifically this one right here, that we then had the term gerrymander coined. so if you look, this is a picture of massachusetts, and that was the district right here. which aldridge gerry drew. despite the fact that the federalist had won more votes in the 1812 election, about 1,000 more votes or so, the democratic republicans won more seats in the state senate. that s because of the district like that. when one of the journalists at the time saw this dis
this is a little over an hour. welcome. welcome to everyone at home, as well. we ll continue the discussion of redistricting law. last time we dealt with the cases and we ll review those and we ll also talk about sort of historical examples of gerrymandering. the word gerrymander comes from the anti-federalist governor of massachusetts who in 1812 passed redistricting plan which looked like a salamander and it s because that of that districting plan and in particular one of the districts in it, specifically this one right here that we then had the term gerrymander coined. let s see. so if you look, this is a picture of massachusetts and that was the district right here. which aldridge gerry drew. despite the fact that the federalist had won more votes in the 1812 election, about 1,000 more votes or so, the democratic republicans won more seats in the state senate. that s because of the district like that. when one of the journalists at the time saw this district, he said,
he also talks about more racially charged redistricting fights such as the 1960 gomillion v. lightfoot supreme court case in which the court found a district had been created to disenfranchise black voters. that case helped lead to the 1965 voting rights act outlawing discriminatory voting practices. columbia law school is located in new york city. this is a little over an hour. we re going to continue our discussion of redistricting law. last time we dealt with one person, one vote. we ll review those, and we ll also talk about sort of historical examples of gerrymandering. the word gerrymander comes from eldridge gerry, the anti-federalist governor of massachusetts who in 1812 passed a redistricting plan which looked like a salomon der. and it s because of that districting plan and in particular one of the districts in it, specifically this one right here, that we then had the term gerrymander coined. so if you look, this is a picture of massachusetts, and that was the