Rucho v. Common Cause | United States law case (original) (raw)

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gerrymandering

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  In gerrymandering
  …of political gerrymandering claims in Rucho v. Common Cause (2019). There the Court’s conservative majority, over the bitter objections of its more liberal members, declared (5–4) that “partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.”
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Gill v. Whitford

• In Gill v. Whitford
  …constitutionality of partisan gerrymanders in Rucho v. Common Cause (2019). In that case Kavanaugh and four other conservative justices embraced the plurality’s view in Vieth in ruling (5–4) that “partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.”
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voter suppression

• In voter suppression
  …the Supreme Court ruled, in Rucho v. Common Cause, that partisan gerrymandering is a “political question” that is beyond the power of the federal courts to address.
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voting rights in the United States

• In voting rights
  …the Supreme Court’s ruling in Rucho v. Common Cause (2019), which declared that partisan gerrymandering is a “political question” that is beyond the power of the federal courts to address. See also voter suppression. In October 2022 the Supreme Court heard arguments in Allen v. Milligan, a case in which…
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