"Partisan gerrymandering, in which one party manipulates voting district maps to increase its power, is “incompatible with democratic principles.” So declared Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts—but he and the Court’s conservative majority nevertheless ruled it’s a “political” matter, and not one for federal courts to consider.
| | What Universe Is John Roberts Living In?The chief justice suggested that voters could turn to politicians, who benefit from gerrymandering, to end the p... |
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| | The Supreme Court just said federal courts can’t stop partisan gerrymand...Andrew Prokop It was a 5-4 ruling, with the conservatives in the majority. |
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Elena Kagan, in dissent from the ruling, Rucho v. Common Cause, wrote, “Of all times to abandon the Court’s duty to declare the law, this was not the one.”
|  | Kagan on gerrymandering decision: "Of all times to abandon the Court’s d...In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan, writes: “Of all times to abandon the Court’s duty to declare the law, this ... |
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Our guest says this ruling is just a part of a “power play,” employed overwhelmingly by Republicans, that seeks to narrow the metrics that determine how political power is allocated in the US political system. In other words, to suppress not just the political participation of, overwhelmingly, people of color, but the connection between participation and power."
