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U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law

Oct. 16, 2017

Looking to Justice Kennedy in Gill

The briefs have been filed and the arguments heard in Gill v. Whitford, the blockbuster partisan gerrymandering case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Whitford will decide, probably definitively, if courts can ever limit the currently unlimited power of parties and politicians to manipulate voter districting to their advantage, even to the point of undermining the constitutional rights of voters and the popular legitimacy of our elections.

James J. Matson

Matson Law Firm

Email: jmatson@outlook.com

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Looking to Justice Kennedy in Gill
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2015. (New York Times News Service)

OCTOBER 2017 TERM

The briefs have been filed and the arguments heard in Gill v. Whitford, the blockbuster partisan gerrymandering case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Whitford will decide, probably definitively, if courts can ever limit the currently unlimited power of parties and politicians to manipulate voter districting to their advantage, even to the point of undermining the const...

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