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Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business

By MARK SHERMAN and
JESSICA GRESKO
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court ruled Thurs-
day that partisan gerry-
mandering of congression-
al and legislative districts is
none of its business, a deci-
sion that leaves state offi-
cials free from federal court
challenges to their plans to
shape districts to blatantly
help their parties.
The court's conservative
majority, including the two
justices appointed by Presi-
dent Donald Trump, pre-
vailed in a 5-4 ruling that
dealt a huge blow to efforts
to combat the redrawing
of district lines to benefit a
particular party.
The decision, on the last
day before the justices'
long summer break, has no
effect on racial gerryman-
dering challenges. Courts
have barred redistricting
aimed at reducing the
political representation of In this April 1, 2019, file photo, Mindy Nagel poses for a photograph at the threshold of her home in Cincinnati. Nagel's home is split
racial minorities for a half- by two House districts.
century. Associated Press
But the outcome brings an
immediate halt to lawsuits legislature and governor's made dramatic political many states. Democratic Wisconsin. The one Republi-
that sought to rein in the office. gains in the 2010 election voters had persuaded low- can suit came in Maryland,
most partisan districting In the short term, Repub- just before the last round of er courts to strike down dis- against a single congres-
plans that can result when licans are the prime ben- redistricting, so they have tricting plans in Michigan, sional district.
one party controls a state's eficiaries of the ruling. They controlled the process in North Carolina, Ohio and Continued on Page 5