http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ussc Posts tagged with 'ussc' at MetaFilter. Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:15:45 -0800 Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:15:45 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32767/Gerrymandering%2Dfor%2DALL%2DAnd%2Dwe%2Dare%2Dscrewed <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49441-2004Apr28.html">Veith v. Jubelirer affirmed by the US Supreme Court</a> <br /> In a 5-4 opinion, the <a href="http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html">US Supreme Court</a> upheld that gerrymandered Congressional districts are legal and overruled <i><a href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=478&invol=109">Davis v. Bandemer</a></i>. <a href="http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-1580.ZS.html" title=>Full opinions available</a>. For a background on why this is a structural constitutional problem and why we should be worried about it, read <a href="http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_lawandpolitics_archive.html#107526390729590739" title="Gerrymandering - 'The Great Contradiction' - Part 2 of a series">Gerrymandering - "The Great Contradiction"</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32767 Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:15:45 -0800 congress constitution Gerrymander law unitedstatessupremecourt ussc vote voting plemeljr