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Revisiting Redistricting

SCOTUS ruled today that it's okay to redistrict more often than once a decade, so long as the usual BS redistricting rules are followed. My gut-response to this was that it would lead to even worse Gerrymandering. I am not sure that I believe that now. After all, the court did not uphold the entire Texas redistricting as constitutional. The district that stretches from Laredo to San Antonio (and out in a couple of odd spurs along the way) was deemed unacceptably discriminatory against Hispanics. So again, the old rules still apply.

But as I asked back in March, Where are the questions of how we can be rid of Gerrymandering altogether?

Other than the fact that the power to do this lies in the hands of exactly the people who would be destroyed by it - incumbent Republicans and Democrats - is there a downside to proportional representation? Is it a downside that is anywhere near what we have to go through with this redistricting nonsense?

For those interested in looking up the decision, the S.F. Chronicle notes that the court's decision was in four consolidated cases: League of United Latin American Citizens vs. Perry, No. 05-204; Travis County vs. Perry, No. 05-254; Jackson vs. Perry, No. 05-276; and GI Forum of Texas vs. Perry, No. 05-439.

Oh, and by the way, Jon... Ginsburg did not recuse herself.