Although plainly not dispositive, Scrimminger is important for recognizing the importance of unified municipal representation in the State Legislature. The Court acknowledged that “dividends” would flow from restrained division of municipalities in district representation in that it would foster better relations between the municipality and State, and would curb the drawing of lines for partisan advantage. Id. at 498, 291 A.2d at 142. Similarly, the United States Supreme Court has acknowledged that respect may be accorded to municipal boundaries as a “legitimate consideration” and “traditional districting principle.” Mahan v. Howell, 410 U.S. 315, 329, 93 S.Ct. 979, 987, 35 L. Ed.2d 320, 333 (1973); see also In re Legislative Districting, 370 Md. 312, 805 A.2d 292, 319 (2002) (<HOLDING>); In re Reapportionment, 160 Vt. 9, 624 A.2d
holding that njeither the right to associate nor the right to participate in political activities is absolute and congress may prohibit federal employees from participating in political activities in view of its interest in maintaining a nonpartisan work force recognizing that tribal sovereign immunity extends to agencies and subdivisions of the tribe holding that persecution was on account of political opinion because petitioners prosecutorial investigation into acts of political corruption was by its very nature political holding that the political subdivisions of a state are subject to federal diversity jurisdiction recognizing value of maintaining integrity of political subdivisions