It’s that time of the decade again: time for legislative and congressional redistricting by state lawmakers or, in a few states, specially created commissions. The Supreme Court struck a major blow for political democracy a half century ago by establishing the “one person, one vote” rule for electoral districts. In the past decade, however, the court has failed to finish the job by leaving the time-dishonored practice of partisan gerrymandering effectively immune to judicial oversight.
Supreme Court’s Feckless Surrender to Gerrymandering
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