Noah Feldman: Does Congress even have the power to end gerrymandering?
Summary: The For the People Act’s bold anti-gerrymandering initiative will face judicial hurdles if it is enacted. The Supreme Court will have the ultimate say. With more conservatives than liberals on the bench, the court could very well strike it down. That would leave us with the same partisan gerrymandering problem that plagues our democracy now more than ever.
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Noah Feldman. Bloomberg Opinion | 9:00 am, Apr. 6, 2021 ×
The U.S. Capitol Building, on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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The “For the People Act” currently being proposed by House Democrats would transform the way the U.S. runs federal elections. Known as HR 1, the bill would make it substantially easier to vote. It would also counteract restrictive legislation enacted by Republican state legislatures in recent years.
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