SCOTUS to Hear WI Gerrymandering Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a partisan gerrymandering case involving district lines in Wisconsin.
CNN Supreme court analyst and University of Texas School of Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck explains the potential ramifications of the case. “Although a majority of the court has suggested that states can violate the Constitution if they draw legislative districts primarily to benefit one political party, the justices have never been able to identify the specific point at which states cross the constitutional line. In this case, a lower court held that Wisconsin had indeed crossed that line," he told CNN. “If the justices agree, it would be the first time the court has articulated a constitutional rule in this context, which could -- and likely would -- have enormous ramifications nationwide."
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Learn more about the case at SCOTUSblog.
