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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:2019_in_United_States_case_law
gptkb:Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States
United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court
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gptkbp:citation
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588 U.S. ___ (2019)
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gptkbp:constitution
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gptkb:Article_III_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkb:Elections_Clause
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gptkbp:date
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June 27, 2019
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Robert_A._Rucho
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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18-422
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Rucho_et_al._v._Common_Cause_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Rucho v. Common Cause
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gptkbp:impact
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Limited federal court involvement in redistricting cases based on partisan gerrymandering.
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gptkbp:legalIssue
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Are claims of partisan gerrymandering justiciable by federal courts?
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
Chief Justice John Roberts
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:North_Carolina
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Common_Cause
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gptkbp:predecessor
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future partisan gerrymandering cases
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Lamone_v._Benisek
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gptkbp:result
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Federal courts have no authority to rule on partisan gerrymandering claims.
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gptkbp:subject
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partisan gerrymandering
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gptkbp:votingSystem
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5-4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Glover_Roberts_Jr.
gptkb:John_G._Roberts,_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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