06-27-2019, 02:53 PM
In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice Roberts announced that the Constitution does not provide an adequate test of whether political gerrymandering violates the Constitution, and thus the federal judiciary has no role to play in deciding whether political gerrymanders are valid.
Congress, state legislatures, and state judiciaries are now the only place that non-racially-based gerrymander claims can be addressed.
Congress, state legislatures, and state judiciaries are now the only place that non-racially-based gerrymander claims can be addressed.