Texas, Alabama, Arizona, et al., Amici Curiae
Scott A. Keller, Counsel of Record
Texas, Alabama, and Arizona are joined in this brief by 13 other States. Scott A. Keller has served as solicitor general for the State of Texas since January 2015. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Appellants as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 4, 2017. Plaintiffs’ expert in this case concluded that the proposed partisan-gerrymandering standard offered by Plaintiffs would have invalidated a redistricting plan in 36 States over the past few decades. That includes States across the country, from Alabama to Washington, California to New York, and from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Plaintiffs…