In 2017, CLC's Paul Smith warned SCOTUS that if they refused to take action against #gerrymandering, "in 2020 you're going to have a festival of copycat gerrymandering the likes of which this country has never seen."
That festival is starting to kick off.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/alec-meeting-gerrymandering-audio-recording.html …
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But importantly: there ARE solutions. Every state needs an independent commission. "Several states, including CA, IA, and NJ, use independent commissions or various neutral or bipartisan processes that have successfully created fairer and more competitive maps." #FairMaps
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