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Justices: Partisan gerrymandering none of our business

Conservative majority prevails in 5-4 ruling

In this April 1, 2019, file photo, Mindy Nagel points to her home on a congressional district map of her neighborhood in Cincinnati. Nagel's home is split by two House districts. The Supreme Court said, by a 5-4 vote on Thursday, June 27, 2019, that claims of partisan gerrymandering do not belong in federal court. The court's conservative, Republican-appointed majority says that voters and elected officials should be the arbiters of what is a political dispute - photo by Associated Press

gerrymandering — In this April 1, 2019, file photo, Mindy Nagel points to her home on a congressional district map of her neighborhood in Cincinnati. Nagel's home is split by two House districts. The Supreme Court said, by a 5-4 vote on Thursday, June 27, 2019, that claims of partisan gerrymandering do not belong in federal court. The court's conservative, Republican-appointed majority says that voters and elected officials should be the arbiters of what is a political dispute - photo by Associated Press

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Statesboro Herald

Published: Jun 27, 2019, 10:16 PM

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts is none of its business, a decision that leaves state officials free from federal court challenges to their plans to shape districts to blatantly help their parties.

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