When it comes to drawing district lines, Supreme Court bows out

From Time Magazine, the US Supreme Court is saying it has no place in drawing legislative district lines:

The Supreme Court says federal courts have no role to play in policing political districts drawn for partisan gain. The decision could embolden political line-drawing for partisan gain when state lawmakers undertake the next round of redistricting following the 2020 census.

The justices said by a 5-4 vote on Thursday that claims of partisan gerrymandering do not belong in federal court. The court’s conservative, Republican-appointed majority says that voters and elected officials should be the arbiters of what is a political dispute.

The court rejected challenges to Republican-drawn congressional districts in North Carolina and a Democratic district in Maryland.

The decision was a major blow to critics of the partisan manipulation of electoral maps that can result when one party controls redistricting.

Read it here.

Elections have consequences.

3 thoughts on “When it comes to drawing district lines, Supreme Court bows out”

  1. Time Magazine is a shadow of its former self. Very Sad. For decades, it was a superb, first-rate publication. Although never conservative — slightly left of center — it offered sharp, informative writing & fact-based journalism. Most stories aspired to clarity, brevity, and neutrality. Opinion pieces were intelligent, arguments substantiated by evidence, not rumor. Liberal writers, such as self-professed Socialist Barbara Ehrenreich, appeared on one page, but then a Republican, like John Leo, might appear on the next. Now, the magazine has devolved into click-bait articles and “woke” twitter mob pandering. I mourn its demise.

  2. I agree Friend of ed….it is a liberal hack magazine now…surprised it is still even in business

  3. The consequences being, George Bush. Brother of Jeb and the establishment choice in 2016. Thanks, Pat.

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