The Supreme Court Rules That They Cannot Block Gerrymandering
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SCOTUS Leaves Gerrymandering Issue to the States...Justice Kagan Fumes
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 on Thursday that they are leaving the issue of partisan gerrymandering at the state level.
"The court holds that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts," Chief Justice Roberts wrote.
Part of the issue considered by the justices was whether Maryland state Democrats drew unconstitutional boundaries with sinister goals.
A day before the high court's decision, Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he expected a victory.
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan argued that majority was "tragically wrong."
From the Center
Supreme Court finds that courts can't rule on partisan gerrymandering cases
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Thursday that political partisan gerrymandering cases present a question that courts cannot decide.
The justices made the ruling in a pair of cases presented over district maps in Maryland and North Carolina, alleged to be instances of unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's majority opinion that federal courts cannot consider such challenges.
The opinion vacates previous rulings on the district maps in Maryland and North Carolina, and requests that the cases be dismissed "for lack of jurisdiction."
The split...
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Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the challengers opposed to partisan gerrymandering, the practice in which the party that controls the state legislature draws voting maps to help elect its candidates.
The vote in two cases was 5 to 4, with the court’s more conservative members in the majority. The court appeared to close the door on such claims.
The drafters of the Constitution, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority, understood that politics would play a role in drawing election districts when they gave the...
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