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WASHINGTON 鈥� In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has found that partisan gerrymandering cases are a political question, meaning the doors of the court have been closed to litigants.

A federal court recently struck down Ohio鈥檚 congressional map in an 老澳门开奖结果 challenge, ordering a new map be drawn before the 2020 election. The Supreme Court placed the 老澳门开奖结果 ruling on hold as it considered the Rucho v. Common Cause and Benisek v. Lamone partisan gerrymandering cases.

Today鈥檚 Supreme Court ruling means the case brought by the 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio, and law firm Covington and Burling, along with all other partisan gerrymandering cases, cannot be heard by courts and it will be up to the voters to make sure their representatives are accountable through legislative initiatives and citizen action.

The following comments are from:

Freda Levenson, legal director, 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio: The court鈥檚 decision to allow the practice of gerrymandering to continue, to flourish, and to evade review by the judicial system, leaves it in the hands of those who will continue to abuse their awesome power whenever they can to defeat the will of the voters. In Ohio, this means that in the 2020 election, the map, rather than the electorate, will once again determine who occupies each of our congressional seats.鈥�

Alora Thomas-Lundborg, staff attorney, 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project: 鈥淭he bottom line is voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.鈥�

Ruling:

Case details: /cases/ohio-philip-randolph-institute-v-smith