I'll just be tweeting as I read the opinion. From one of the key R drafters of the map: 'I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats. So I drew this map to help foster what I think is better for the country.' Not your decision, the voters' decision. #FairMaps

The court eloquently explains why partisan gerrymandering cannot be reconciled with a democracy: It writes that partisan gerrymandering 'amounts to a legislative efforts to give some voters a greater voice in choosing.'

But our founding fathers believed it was 'essential' that our Congressional reps 'derive [their] powers from the great body of society, not from ... a favored class of it.' In other words, in a democracy, every vote has to count equally.

And the court hits the nail on the head here: 'A legislature that is itself insulated by virtue of an invidious gerrymander can enact add'l legislation to restrict voting rights & thereby further cement its unjustified control' (p.50)