SCOTUS Rules that Federal Courts Cannot Intervene in Redrawing Voting Districts

In a decision that will have far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court ruled today that federal courts cannot intervene in partisan disputes about the drawing of district lines. The court threw out challenges to the lines drawn in North Carolina and Maryland. "Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. And with that, Roberts put an end to the incredible hypocrisy of Democrats who, as the Sacramento Bee points out, used to love gerrymandering.-- More...