Supreme Court majority strikes down efforts to stop gerrymandering

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday against efforts to stop partisan gerrymandering, the practice of mapping legislative districts so that elections veer towards certain political victories. In a 5-4 decision in which conservative justices held the majority, it was ruled that partisan gerrymandering was “beyond the reach of the federal courts,” according to the decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.“Federal judges have no license to reallocate political power betwee