Oregon, California, Colorado, et al., Amici Curiae
Benjamin Gutman, Counsel of Record
Oregon, California, and Colorado are joined in this brief by 18 other States and the District of Columbia. Benjamin Gutman has served as Oregon’s solicitor general since 2016. The following is excerpted from the Brief for the Appellees as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 8, 2019. Deliberately drawing districts for the purpose of keeping one party in power for the long term, and without any neutral justification for the result, has no place in our political system. It discourages voter participation, increases distrust of government, and reduces the responsiveness of elected representatives. Technological advances have made it…
