But issues other than partisan gerrymandering are involved in the Georgia case, and it could be decided on different grounds.
Justice Thomas wrote a 59-page separate opinion in the Georgia case.
In some instances, a Georgia case may take five or more years to fully resolve.
The defense fund represents intervenors in a Georgia case involving the 81 districts.
In the Georgia case, the judges waded into the very definition of diversity.
"So what are the similarities between the Georgia case and this one?"
"Then I would definitely pay more attention to the Georgia case."
The Georgia cases illustrate how cruel the 1996 act can be, and how wasteful.
Without any evidence that they had been seriously physically harmed, the inmates in the Georgia case were out of luck.
The four other members of the majority today dissented in the Georgia case.