Will the FairDistricts amendments lead to expensive litigation?
There is always litigation surrounding redistricting. In 1992 the state expenditures for litigation were $12.5 million and in 2002 the costs were $10.8 million. The Florida Supreme Court has held that any claim that Amendments 5 & 6 will lead to more litigation is speculative. Common sense leads to the conclusion that if there are strict rules and the politicians follow them, there should be less litigation. If you play a pickup game of football without any rules, it is inevitable that fights will break out. If you have rules to follow, the game will proceed peacefully. The same principle should apply to redistricting.
