The Gerry-Mander Edit
(Image by (From Wikimedia) Elkanah Tisdale (1771-1835) (often falsely attributed to Gilbert Stuart)[1] / Originally published in the Boston Centinel, Author: See Source) Details Source DMCA
A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a political advantage. The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because of a partisan gerrymander, and it instantly endangered Republican seats in the coming elections.