Since SCOTUS passed on their responsibility to rein in partisan #gerrymandering, the fight is now in the states. In places like Michigan, voters passed (and are defending) independent redistricting. #FairMapshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/12/redistricting-activists-brace-wall-inaction-battle-moves-states/?arc404=true …
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Challenging gerrymanders in state courts is another possibility, but CLC's Paul Smith points out that strategy can encounter the same hurdles as legislation. “State courts are elected and they have a partisan tilt, and it tends to be the same as the legislature in most places."
1:37 PM - 12 Nov 2019
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