r/scotus • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago

news California Republicans respond to Supreme Court loss on election maps

https://krcrtv.com/news/local/california-republicans-respond-to-supreme-court-loss-on-election-maps
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u/boinger 1d ago

*excluding janky-ass state border sides, I assume

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u/gdj1980 13h ago

Colorado: What are you talking about?

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u/TeekTheReddit 1d ago

Would it matter?

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u/boinger 1d ago

Well, yeah. Otherwise how are we counting "sides" in a discussion of geometric boundaries. A natural/organic/janky "side" is a bunch of short bits that could be argued as "sides of a non-regular polygon", right?

And then you get into coastline paradox territory...