US Justices Express Deep Concerns In Wisconsin Gerrymander Case

We won’t know until next year whether Wisconsin Republicans acted illegally in drawing districts that assured G-O-P legislative majorities. But we do know that the nation’s Supreme Court justices have deep concerns on both sides. And they expressed them Tuesday during oral arguments on the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling that found the G-O-P’s 2011 redistricting unconstitutional. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said people lose their incentives to vote if legislative maps are stacked for one party, because the results would be “preordained.” But Chief Justice John Roberts said redistricting is part of the legislative process of a democracy, and the nation would lose that if more cases got thrown into the courts.