Partisan gerrymandering can't be decided in federal courts, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has decided not to make a decision on partisan gerrymandering. In two rulings announced Thursday, the court decided 5-4 against challengers to partisan gerrymandering, a practice that allows majority political parties to draw voting districts that benefit their candidates. The court's conservative justices backed the decision, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that "partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts" in his m...