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Linus Van Pelt
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« on: April 29, 2011, 01:23:13 PM »

Krazen's line has already been attempted at SCOTUS, which ruled in Growe v. Emison that a majority black legislative district in Minnepolis was not required, on the grounds that one of the Gingles preconditions is that bloc voting by the majority usually defeats the preferred candidate of the minority, and there was no evidence of such bloc voting in Minneapolis.

The case contains the worst possible sentence for anyone hoping for a conservative overturn:

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Linus Van Pelt
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2011, 07:10:09 PM »

The web site says the first round of actual maps will be posted June 10.
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