Rucho v. Common Cause
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The Supreme Court's Dissent on the Illegitimacy of Elections
The Supreme Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is non-justiciable, meaning it cannot constitutionally be addressed by courts. The ruling could have a huge impact on the way states set their own election laws for federal elections. John Avlon: Republicans need voter suppression to secure their election wins and they need control of the courts to secure voter suppression. If the court strikes down this practice you also get rid of all these downstream effects that start unraveling the GOP's voter suppression project.
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