Supreme Court decides federal judges cannot block gerrymandering

The vote was 5-4 decision, falling along partisan lines.

Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally at the Supreme Court during the gerrymandering cases Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause.The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts may not block gerrymandering in a 5-4"We conclude that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts, who delivered the opinion of the court.

"Of all times to abandon the Court's duty to declare the law, this was not the one," Kagan wrote. "The practices challenged in these cases imperil our system of government. Part of the Court's role in that system is to defend its foundations. None is more important than free and fair elections."

And this is how republicunts stay in office because they can't win legit, supreme court fucked the nation going foward and only hope is for conservative judges to pass away or be removed

That's why states have governments. Colorado has, at least in theory so far, created a system that prevents gerrymandering. We'll see if it works as expected. copolitics

This is just the same as states pledging all their electoral votes to the highest public vote getter. No difference.

So, fairness is not the domain of the courts.

This will have the same long term affect as the Citizens United case. State elections matter. gerrymandering SCOTUS

What did we expect with a stacked court, they know the only way to win with lower voter turnout is to cheat

I say burn down the court, its no longer the Supreme Court, they are just partisan republican hacks.

Of course a majority right winged court would rule that.

This is wrong. The right for representation is a federal right.

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