Common Cause: Supreme Court Ducks Responsibility to End Gerrymandering
June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Common Cause issued the following news release:
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in two landmark redistricting cases, Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek. In a 34-page decision written by Justice Roberts, the majority concluded it could not set a constitutional standard against partisan gerrymandering.
Statement from Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn:
"Today, five Supreme Court Justices turned th . . .
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in two landmark redistricting cases, Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek. In a 34-page decision written by Justice Roberts, the majority concluded it could not set a constitutional standard against partisan gerrymandering.
Statement from Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn:
"Today, five Supreme Court Justices turned th . . .