For almost a year now, America's two parties have been engaged in a mass congressional redistricting battle royale.

The fun kicked off in Texas last July, when Gov. Greg Abbott, following President Donald Trump's urging, first pushed the Texas Legislature to redistrict the Lone Star State's congressional maps in a pro-Republican direction. Missouri and North Carolina soon followed, prompting California Gov. Gavin Newsom to get in on the action: Golden State voters approved the use of a new map at the ballot box last November. On April 21, Virginia voters narrowly approved a new congressional map that heavily favors Democrats. This week, Florida responded with a Gov. Ron DeSantis-led redistricting that heavily favors Republicans. In the interim, some other states, such as Ohio and Utah, redistricted for nonvoluntary reasons such as litigation or statutory requirements. And other states, such as Indiana, famously defied Trump and refused to voluntarily redraw their maps.

One might be inclined to ask who started this latest bout of mass, iterative gerrymandering. It's true that Texas, an iconic red state, drew first blood last July -- although the U.S. Supreme Court didn't finally permit Texas's new maps to go into effect until a summary order earlier this week. What's more, Texas's new GOP-heavy map will likely provide Republicans less of a........

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