The Supreme Court on Tuesday took on the case of Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering in both North Carolina, by Republicans, and Maryland, by Democrats.
The result of this case could effect elections all across the country, impacting how redistricting is done nationwide.
The likelihood of that result, however, seems slim, as the Court has, as recently as 2016, kept out of the States methods of redistricting:
In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold Arizona’s independent redistricting commission.
The justices last year failed to deliver a definitive ruling on the legality of partisan gerrymandering. They got another chance in the cases before them on Tuesday challenging a Republican-drawn 13-district statewide U.S. House of Representatives map in North Carolina and a single Democratic-drawn House district in Maryland.
“Have we really reached the moment, even though it would be a big lift for this court to get involved, where the other actors can’t do it?” Kavanaugh asked, referring to states.
It seems that Justice Kavanaugh will likely be the deciding vote.
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