I suspect the intent burden is going to have to be set decently high, because at its heart, every district ever drawn is intended to "favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent".
But then again, with the Florida Supreme Court, the answer will probably not make any sense.
The Florida Supremes are really going to enjoy gutting the GOP plan with the language in the statute quoted above. It gives them a total hunting license, and I think the same four liberal (and partisan) justices are still on the Court who dealt with Bush v Gore. So how many seats does the GOP lose with a pretty non partisan plan I wonder? Just the two new seats, or a couple of more?
Are you sure?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Florida
And the Chief Justice is a former Republican Congressman.
Interesting. No, I was clearly behind the curve on that one. Thanks.
Florida has a 70 and your done rule with a tiny exception for partial terms with less then 1/2 remaining. There has also been high turnover in the court in the last 10 years in general with many others resigning to "return to private practice", on top of the aged out people. Bottom line, Jeb and Chucky have had plenty of time to remake the court. It won't save FL-22 of course, but it likely means the scenario you laid out is less likely. Still I would advise that Scott and others not go to far. All four of them do have Crist as their appointer and one of them could easily play Anthony Kennedy on them.
