[EL] Splitting rural counties in Congressional Redistricting

[Vince Leibowitz]

Could someone please remind me the "rules" (as established by case law precedents, unless there are other guidelines I'm not aware of) relating to the splitting of counties between two Congressional districts when those counties are rural? I seem to remember a minimum or maximum population threshold? 

Also, what have the courts done recently, if anything, with regard to split counties when one half of the split pairs a portion of the county with communities of dissimilar interest? 

Vince Leibowitz
Principal Consultant
The Dawn Group
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