This was the ruling in the North Carolina and Maryland cases that had been appealed to SCOTUS.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/p...-20190326-story.html


The court sends both the Maryland case and the North Carolina case back to the lower courts with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction..

It's a 5-4 ruling - here's a link to the decision:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/o...8pdf/18-422_9ol1.pdf

I wonder what this does in states where courts already ruled against Gerrymandering?

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Originally posted by BBMW:
I wonder what this does in states where courts already ruled against Gerrymandering?

Those decisions will stand, as they did in this case.

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It's a 5-4 ruling

They said on TV it was 9-0, am I wrong?

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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It's a 5-4 ruling

They said on TV it was 9-0, am I wrong?

Direct from the linked decision:

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ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which THOMAS,
ALITO, GORSUCH, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. KAGAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, BREYER, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ.,
joined.