The Supreme Court Prohibits Gerrymandering
A Gain or a Loss for the States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13782870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Backstrom, Leonard Robins |
| Year | 1987 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037649 |
| OpenAlex | W2321883242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The 1986 Davis v. Bandemer decision of the U.S. Supreme Court declared partisan gerrymandering to be justiciable, but overruled the federal district court's judgment that the Indiana legislative redistricting plan was unconstitutional. The Court split on the question of justiciability, and those justices who favored justiciability disagreed on the appropriate tests to apply in testing a districting plan for unfair partisan gerrymandering. The Court did not specify a clear measure and standard for outlawing gerrymandering. This gives state districting authorities and district courts little guidance in dealing with gerrymandering. If, however, a successful measure and standard are developed, this action is likely to be beneficial to the states
Democracy · Gerrymandering · Justiciability · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Redistricting · Supreme court · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal and Constitutional Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2010 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |