31.   The issue is central because the courts have long recognized that districts can be drawn for political reasons, such as protecting incumbents.

32.   The job of drawing legislative districts is proving much more thorny.

33.   The high court appears to be en route to ending or reducing the influence of race in the way congressional districts are drawn.

34.   The recommendation gives Evans the political and scientific cover to provide the states with only population figures derived from the basic census count for use in drawing congressional districts.

35.   The recommendation provides Evans with political and scientific cover to provide the states with only population figures derived from the basic census count for use in drawing congressional districts.

36.   The recommendation provides Evans with political and scientific cover to provide the states with population figures derived only from the basic census count for use in drawing congressional districts.

37.   These districts are drawn so that Democrats or Republicans outnumber each other so much that, especially with the advantages of incumbency, a reversal is theoretical at best.

38.   They challenged the concept of drawing a district based on the race of the voters living there.

39.   They worried that smaller figures would make it harder to show discrimination patterns and to draw legislative districts where minorities constitute the majority of voters.

40.   To accommodate the reality of ethnic bonds, legislatures have long drawn voting districts along ethnic lines.