Three years ago, the Supreme Court washed its hands of challenges to partisan gerrymandering. Fortunately, several state courts have stepped into the void.
In recent weeks, courts in several states have blocked some of the more egregious efforts to maximize partisan congressional majorities, in what seems likely to become the best way to curb such efforts in the future.
Gerrymandering is a practice that is nearly as old as the United States itself. After all, the term was first used when Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry approved a state Senate map with misshapen districts in 1812.
