What States Can Do If SCOTUS Makes Gerrymandering A Nightmare Without End

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: Demonstrators gather outside of The United States Supreme Court during an oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford to call for an end to partisan gerrymandering on October 3, 2017 in Washington... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: Demonstrators gather outside of The United States Supreme Court during an oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford to call for an end to partisan gerrymandering on October 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images) MORE LESS

January 11, 2019 3:29 p.m.

Redistricting experts I surveyed this week were surprisingly optimistic that the Supreme Court — conservative majority aside — will finally take steps to limit extreme partisan gerrymandering in two cases before it this spring. You can read more about the...

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