WASHINGTON ― The Supreme Court seemed hesitant to move quickly to strike down a Maryland congressional district based on a novel legal theory that claims partisan gerrymandering can violate the First Amendment. A majority of the justices on the court appeared to believe that what Maryland Democrats did in 2011 was intentional and problematic. The court is trying to determine if a manageable standard for evaluating partisan gerrymandering exists, and if so, what it might look like. Breyer at one point said that the court needed to figure out a standard to limit extreme partisan gerrymandering, but one that would spare the Supreme Court from being required to hear an excessive number of partisan gerrymandering cases. But Breyer urged the court not to pass up its unique opportunity to take on partisan gerrymandering.

Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2018 15:43 UTC