Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court Seems Befuddled, Again, on Gerrymandering




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People including Bill Millhouser protesting gerrymandering outside the Supreme Court. (photo: Tom Brenner/The New York Times)
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "There's been a lot of good news recently for opponents of partisan gerrymandering."
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