The Supreme Court punted last term on the constitutionality of political gerrymanders, but lower courts have run the ball back up the field. Justices will get another two downs on Tuesday, and let’s hope they resolve to leave the issue to the political branches and voters to decide. Political gerrymanders are older than the republic, and so are the criticisms. Democracy suffers when politicians choose their voters. But judges undermine the Constitution’s ordered liberty when they wade into what Felix Frankfurter called this...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 25, 2019 15:33 UTC