In the Court of Gerry Mander 0
In The Roanoke Times, James J. Hentz tries to make sense of some of Chief Justice Roberts’s statements during the oral presentations of the pending suit against gerrymandering and find himself unable to do so. Here’s a bit of his article:
First, for a usually elegant and exceptionally bright jurist this is a confusing statement. If the court in ruling in favor of the Democrats signals a preference for them, would not ruling the other way signal a preference for the Republicans?” He seems to be saying the latter is fine. His statement shows how much creeping partisanship influences the court. Second, how is this statement consistent with a strict constructivist interpretation? I suspect Madison, no friend of political parties, is turning over in his grave.
