We try to teach this to our children, but politics provides the opposite lesson. Political cheating allows those who engage in it to amass far more power than they have a right to in a constitutional democracy. Within 48 hours, Americans were offered two fast courses in the politics of cheating. And on Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that turns on whether Maryland’s gerrymandered district boundaries deprive Republicans of fair representation in Congress. Such concerns have increased exponentially with President Trump targeting undocumented immigrants with a proud and public ferocity.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2018 23:37 UTC