What the Supreme Court's Gerrymander Ruling Means for the Future of Voting Rights
"In its majority opinion and dissent in Monday's case, the Supreme Court hinted at where it might come down on these two big questions,
which will play a big part in redistricting in 2020 and in the political power of minority voters and the Democratic and Republican parties."
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Hasen explains that this will make it much harder for Southern states, where race and party affiliation are closely correlated, to defend their gerrymanders. "Holy cow this is a big deal," he writes. "It means that race and party are not really discrete categories and that discriminating on the basis of party in places of conjoined polarization is equivalent, at least sometimes, to making race the predominant factor in redistricting."