e legislators political ambitions (for example, McKinney was on the redistricting committee that created her former district), and to help hinder racial or ethnic groups. Although it often seems unfair to gerrymander, only the gerrymandering that violates the Constitution are the only ones that are declared illegal and whose districts are forced to be redesigned. Hence gerrymandering appears to be illegal; and as Rep. Vic Fazio(D-Ca.) Is clear to point out Some people see it and some people dont. It is often something that is a purely partisan attack on what is a purely partisan process and no party is guilty or without guilt(Davidson and Oleszek, p.50).The idea of racial gerrymandering is just of a debatable issue. It is a form of gerrymandering which is used to promote the election of the racial minority, and there has been support for the legality of it, and the illegality as well. As with the case of Georgia, drawing up a district with the primary intent of electing a black official is unconstitutional because it does not give equal protection to white voters (Although it should be noted that the four plaintiffs of the court case Miller v. Johnson do not live in the eleventh district- Congressional Quarterly Fall 1995). On the other hand, the proponents of the eleventh district cite the Voting Rights Act and its 1982 amendments that Congress passed to defend the constitutionality of the gerrymandering. Some see the amendments of 1982 as a way to encourage packing districts to elect minorities. It has been this debate that have come in most of the gerrymandering case in the 1990's. Before the case of Miller v. Johnson there has been two major cases which have served as a basis for the Georgia case. In the first Voinovich v. Quilter the majority-minority district created by the Ohio legislature were upheld. Speaking for the unanimous court opinion Justice Sandra Day OConnor stated, The state may create any district it might ...
