Commentary: The GOP's attack on the sanctity of the vote
by Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times
Mar 23, 2018
3 minutes
The Supreme Court this week refused to hear Republican lawmakers' attempt to block a new map of congressional districts in Pennsylvania. That means that Republicans' extremely partisan gerrymander of the state is out. A new, less partisan map is in.
Many news outlets, including Reuters, framed the Supreme Court decision as a "win for Democrats." It is that; Democrats are likely to pick up around three U.S. House seats, and perhaps more. But
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