As has been widely reported, the congressional redistricting process in many places has devolved into an anti-democratic procedure where politicians essentially decide who they want their voters to be.

Allowing state legislatures to draw district lines is thought to produce two evils: incumbent protection and gerrymandering (enabling the party in control to draw districts in a way likely to produce more seats for that party than would result based on its overall strength in the state). One way to combat these evils is to create a non-partisan commission, independent of the legislature.

Caroline Fredrickson, president of the liberal American Constitution Society, said the court “wisely rejected an effort to dilute the political representation of minorities and children.”

Gerrymandering is such a tried and tested electioneering technique that one might think that the founders intended for political parties to draw boundaries for congressional districts to suit their interests.

GOP control of the House is safe until 2021. But it came with a heavy price -- an empowered base and Donald Trump.

Ratf**ked author David Daley says that Republicans targeted key state legislative races in 2010 in an effort to control state houses, and, eventually, Congressional redistricting.

Arizona and Florida, both states where voters have tried to end gerrymandering, vividly illustrate how hard politicians will work to maintain it.

David Daley, author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy, explains REDMAP and partisan gerrymandering.