Gerrymandering: unconstitutional?

Question

do you think that political gerrymandering is unconstitutional? why or why not?

Answer 1

Depends on the situation. Why? The Supreme Court says so.

Answer 2

Whether it's constitutional or not, it's just plain wrong.

Answer 3

It is not in and of itself unconstitutional.  The Supreme Court has NOT said it's unconstitutional in all instances.  If districts are drawn to dilute representation of a particular racial background, then it is unconstitutional.

I do think it's wrong.  If my own district wasn't gerrymandered to be a safe Democratic district, maybe the discussion in the last election would have been about issues instead of whether the district would remain a Black vote in Congress or become a Latino vote.

And yes, I do realize that there are districts gerrymandered to be safe Republican districts as well... those are also wrong, IMO.