Well, the Legislature had that power for decades, and used it to draw districts designed to protect incumbents.

Sections 20 and 21 set standards for drawing congressional and legislative districts.

In these countries non-partisan commissions draw new districts based on the distribution of population according to a census.

Such data is required by Federal law to be used in drawing new political districts.

Congress has, however, required the States to conform to certain practices when drawing districts.

The court held that race could not be the predominant factor in how a state drew political districts.

The court did not rule out the possibility of conducting such an adjustment for drawing Congressional and legislative districts within states.

In addition, incumbents, political candidates or political parties cannot be considered when drawing districts.

The commission to draw new Congressional districts has not been selected yet.

In 1968, New Mexico drew congressional districts for the first time, and its two representatives were no longer elected at large.