More Vieth Coverage and Commentary

The New York Times (I'm not sure why David Rosenbaum refers to Justice Scalia's opinion as the "controlling opinion") (and see this editorial); The Wall Street Journal (thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer); The Los Angeles Times; The Washington Post; Chicago Sun-Times; Philalelphia Inquirer; Houston Chronicle.

In the blogosphere, Bob Bauer has posted his thoughts here ; Ed Still is here; Marty Lederman is here. I am much more skeptical than Marty that even state legislators who feel duty bound to uphold the Constitution will have much problem engaging in the most partisan of gerrymanders. It is not as though Justice Kennedy's opinion gives much hope of anyone ever coming up with a standard that would satisfy him, having rejected the standards in Bandemer, the plaintiffs' standard, and the three proposed dissents' standards.

Democrats' Spin on the loss in Vieth

See this press release.

"Gore Giving Over $6 Million to Democrats"

A.P. offers this report. Thanks to David Ettinger for the pointer.

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