Marc Elias Accused of ‘Appalling’ Hypocrisy for Defending Dem Gerrymandering in Maryland

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias, who has been filing and threatening lawsuits around the country accusing Republican-led legislatures of drawing grotesquely gerrymandered political maps, is facing charges of hypocrisy after he filed a legal motion last week in Maryland that would allow him to defend similarly gerrymandered maps approved by Democrats in that state.

If the motion is granted, the DCCC would become a defendant in the case, which was filed in December by the nonpartisan Fair Maps Maryland.

The Fair Maps Maryland lawsuit claims that Maryland's new political maps, approved by Democratic lawmakers, are unconstitutional and based on extreme partisan gerrymandering.

The Princeton Gerrymandering Project has given Maryland's congressional map an "F" grade for offering a "Significant Democratic advantage." In his motion, Elias wrote that the DCCC's purpose for intervening is "To defend its interests in congressional districts in Maryland" and to "Allow Democratic candidates to be competitive" in the deep-blue state.

Elias has been a harsh critic of alleged partisan gerrymandering in Republican-led states and has filed several lawsuits challenging their new political maps.

Maryland's new political maps are based on its 2010 maps, which critics have called the most gerrymandered in the nation.

The Washington Post has called Maryland's third congressional district "The nation's most bizarrely gerrymandered district." In 2017, former Democratic governor Martin O'Malley acknowledged that he had engaged in manipulating maps for political purposes, a practice he said he no longer supports.
 

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