Nate Cohn

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

The 'compactness' standard in Gingles has always been poorly defined. The AL application is arguing for a higher standard for compactness--something in-line with the standard for compactness that exists in non-VRA districts (COI, geographic regions, crossing jurisdictional lines) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2022

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

One way to think about the Alabama application is that it's an implicit argument that there shouldn't be any Black majority CD in Alabama--or, at least not one that extends out of the so-called Black Belt https://t.co/nRWJwhb30J — PolitiTweet.org

If the Supreme Court finds a second Black majority district in AL doesn't satisfy the "Gingles Test" in a Section 2… https://t.co/hO9ajIchc0

Posted Feb. 8, 2022

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

The catch, of course, is that the current AL-7 doesn't meet that standard either--you'd never draw the Black Belt to downtown Birmingham CD (or Mobile for that matter, as in the case of the demonstration map). — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2022