Rep. Cooper Issues Statement on Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling that partisan gerrymandering cannot be decided by federal courts:
"The Supreme Court's decision is shortsighted and dangerous for our country.
"'One person, one vote' was decided in Tennessee (Baker v. Carr) and allowed federal courts to intervene in redistricting cases.
"Now that the Supreme Court has failed t . . .
"The Supreme Court's decision is shortsighted and dangerous for our country.
"'One person, one vote' was decided in Tennessee (Baker v. Carr) and allowed federal courts to intervene in redistricting cases.
"Now that the Supreme Court has failed t . . .