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Gerrymandering thread by @mcpli of @nyulaw. The Supreme Court will rule on partisan gerrymandering cases within weeks. Li tries to predict its direction, & suggests a split ruling as a strong possibility. Court would be writing, he says, on a “blank slate.” 1/3
2/3. It hasn’t ruled on constitutionality of partisan (as opposed to racial) gerrymandering before. With no Court precedent and complicated issues, outcome is hard to predict. But....when Roberts Court majorities of GOP-appointed Justices have ruled on cases affecting...
3/3....the Republican Party’s electoral position, they have generally taken the GOP’s interests into account, going back to Shelby County and Citizens United and continuing w/more recent rulings like Janus. That’s not cynicism; that’s the record.
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