Upholding democracy? Supreme Court strikes down election theory.
The current Supreme Court has not been shy about shaking up major aspects of American life, as shown by last year’s decision striking down federal protection of a woman’s right to obtain an abortion. But on Tuesday, a majority of justices refrained from taking a big step that could have radically reshaped a core part of U.S. politics: how presidential and congressional elections are run.
By a 6-3 vote, the high court rejected a legal theory that state legislatures have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw highly partisan gerrymandered congressional district
