Because of the way the Legislature draws the lines, the districts tend to be dominated by one party or the other.

The legislature drew all or part of 14 mostly rural counties in eastern and southern Utah into the 2nd.

The legislature draws its own districts, so hers fits like a bodysuit.

Gershowtiz considers a range of possible distinctions courts or legislatures might draw.

The Legislature then drew a line across the list, with free care allowed for conditions above the line and denied for those below.

The Legislature then drew new district lines with the goal of favoring Republicans to the greatest degree possible.

In state after state, legislatures have been drawing district boundaries to create advantages for favored parties, groups and candidates.

It is not a defense that the Legislature merely may have drawn the district based on the stereotype that blacks are reliable Democratic voters.

And yet, while a New York State inmate may not vote, he is in effect considered a voter when the Legislature draws its districts.

Mr. Lewin said that characterization was not fair because the Legislature did not draw the school district's lines on an explicitly religious basis.