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The controversy over Texas and California redistricting to boost seats for Republicans and Democrats respectively may be controversial, but the alternative is worse. We live in a republic that respects the will of the states. Any attempt by the federal government to interfere with the people of the states drawing their own congressional districts violates federalism and the 10th Amendment to the Constitution whether it be the federal courts or the executive branch.

Think about it this way, if the solution to states redrawing congressional districts was for the federal government to step in and stop changes, the Constitution would be violated, and federalism would be diminished. We live in the republic contemplated by our Founders with less power in the hands of the federal government than most other nations. Allowing the party in power in D.C. to dictate what states can and cannot do violates the very idea of the ultimate power residing with the people.

The Constitution is clear that “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” State constitutions dictate the way states draw congressional........

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