Prison Gerrymandering

In the case “Davidson v. City of Cranston” the City of Cranston, Rhode Island counted inmates as part of the total population when conceiting district lines, causing prison gerrymandering. The first district found that the City of Cranston had not violated the Equal Protection Clause. In a sense, prison gerrymandering legal under Evenwel v. Abbott. Prison Gerrymandering is “the practice of counting incarcerated people as residents of prisons when drawing electoral districts” (Davidson v. City). This case has many contradictions to the rule of law including multiple factors. The first main infringement is 1.1 “government powers are effectively limited by the fundamental law”. Sense there is now no law to protect prisoners from being used as …show more content…
Consequently, prison gerrymandering…” (Davidson v. City). This one ruling will not fix the overall problem of gerrymandering in the United States but the more Courts that rule this type of prison gerrymandering. Damages the very fabric of Rule of law in the United States. In the case “Davidson v. City of Cranston” the City of Cranston, Rhode Island counted inmates as part of the total population when conceiting district lines, causing prison gerrymandering. The first district found that the City of Cranston had not violated the Equal Protection Clause. In a sense, prison gerrymandering legal under Evenwel v. Abbott. Prison Gerrymandering is “the practice of counting incarcerated people as residents of prisons when drawing electoral districts” (Davidson v. City). This case has many contradictions to the rule of law including multiple factors. The first main infringement is 1.1 “government powers are effectively limited by the fundamental law”. Sense there is now no law to protect prisoners from being used as pawns in gerrymandering and legislators using the prisoners to sway votes giving the government unlimited