“The three rules of politics: 1. Get elected, 2. Get reelected, and 3. Don’t get mad, get even.”— U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen
When I was chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the two houses of our state legislature were controlled by two different political parties. So long as incumbents felt secure in their own reelection, interdependency encouraged amenability when drawing redistricting maps.
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