The Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is "not justiciable." Congress could outlaw it, but that was defeated on January 20, 2022 when senators Sinema and Manchin -- and all the Republicans -- thought that the filibuster rule is more important than non-partisan districts. Now the Court has overturned a federal District Court ruling that the South Carolina Congressional map is a racial gerrymander. The majority opinion by Justice Alito said that the lower court clearly erred in calling it a racial gerrymander, when it is actually a partisan, pro-Republican gerrymander. Therefore, the skewed map will stand.
Charlie Cooper
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