Americans across party lines strongly disapprove of gerrymandering, and rightly so. Gerrymandering undermines the foundational principle underlying the American system of district-based representation: namely, that voters within a constituency should share local perspectives and live reasonably near one another. When the Supreme Court recently held that the judiciary has no authority to curtail gerrymandering, many would-be reformers were disappointed.
They shouldn't be. The court's decision provides an opportunity to turn away from failing gerrymandering reform strategies, and toward a better way.
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