American Government / Unit 7 Gov 320 short lesson, about 20 seconds
ERROR: "All Gerrymandering Is Illegal"
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The idea
The claim that all gerrymandering is illegal is false: racial gerrymanders violate equal protection, while federal courts decline to police partisan ones.
In practice
Rucho v. Common Cause (2019) held partisan-gerrymandering claims beyond federal courts' reach; state courts and laws may still act.
Where people slip
"Unfair" and "unlawful" are different verdicts — the map question splits them.
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