Bizarre Quote by John Paul Stevens

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that,…

— Floyd Abrams

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something…

— John Podesta

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

— John Engler

What's historically been referred to as 'gerrymandering' can more aptly be labeled an incumbent protection program.

— Letitia James

A few states have taken redistricting out of the hands of partisans and put them in the hands of fair-minded committees. Every state should…

— Bob Beckel

“the gerrymandering of 2010 had created what Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker called a “historical oddity.” Political extremists now had no incentive to…

— Jane Mayer

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race…

— Laura Bush

“Gerrymandering isn’t just a recent phenomenon, though; the word was coined in 1812 when Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry went to such egregious lengths to…

— Dan Rather

Around the nation, lawmakers have drawn up their districts with such perverse precision and aversion to competition, that legislators rarely face competitive challenges.

— Letitia James

I soon realised the state rulers were being protected by the federal government who relied on these rotten boroughs to deliver their vote.

— Clare Rewcastle Brown

Texans for Public Justice, an anti-corruption group based in Texas applauded the indictment. No jury can undo the outcome of Texas 2002 elections, ...…

— Craig McDonald

I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of…

— James Madison