41. The law requires cities and towns of a certain size to draw a boundary around their urban areas, keeping forests, farmlands and open space free of development. 42. The new boundaries would be drawn so that all of the districts would have roughly equal property values. 43. The political landscape stands to change when new boundaries are drawn. 44. The Supreme Court left open whether sampling could be used to determine population counts used to distribute federal money or to draw boundaries for congressional or other legislative districts. 45. The thorniest of the issues are where to draw the final boundaries of a Palestinian state and how to redraw Jerusalem to make room for a Palestinian capital. 46. The Supreme Court previously has ruled that legislatures can draw district boundaries to protect incumbents or to favor a certain political party. 47. They can guarantee that at the next reapportionment, district boundaries will be drawn by an impartial panel of experts rather than the lawmakers themselves. 48. They were to draw boundaries around the cities or face legal sanctions. 49. When tribal identity is everything, the boundaries are drawn. 50. With the Olympics on the horizon, however, the church has sought to draw clear boundaries for itself and its members. |