Partisan gerrymandering used to be challengeable in court.
2019, the SC ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that federal courts have NO jurisdiction over partisan gerrymandering.
Even if politicians openly admit they drew the map to win elections — completely legal.
#RuchoVCommonCause #MORedistricting

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America's partisan gerrymandering mess dates back to a 2019 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Rucho v. Common Cause, "the five Republican judges held that court challenges to partisan gerrymanders could not go forward in federal courts because such cases present a 'political question,'" Jay […]