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The Judicial Silence on Partisan Gerrymandering: the Case of Rucho v Common Cause
In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the most consequential — and controversial — decisions on the structure of American democracy: Rucho v. Common Cause. At its heart lay a simple but profound question: can politicians draw election maps so distorted that they predetermine who wins ? The Court’s answer, effectively, was yes. After the…