Via Daily Caller:
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a pair of landmark partisan gerrymandering challenges Monday, declining to find politically driven line-drawing during the decennial redistricting process violates the Constitution.
The first decision, Gill v. Whitford, arose from Wisconsin, where a coalition of Democratic voters challenged the entire state legislature map, which is tailored to favor Republicans. The Court found the plaintiffs failed to show they have standing to bring the case.
Contrary to usual protocol, the justices chose not to dismiss the challenge. Instead, the case will return to a lower court where “the plaintiffs may have an opportunity to prove concrete and particularized injuries using evidence.”
The decision was unanimous as to the result.