Gerrymandering Case Turns Judges Into Political Pundits.

Opinion columnist, USA Today: Opinion
Fri, 06/23/2017 - 3:00am

'These districts make Democrats sad' has never been the basis for a successful challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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