Gerrymandering's Ghosts: What the Virginia Map Fight Reveals About Power and Politics The Supreme Court's rejection of Virginia Democrats' attempt to revive a new congressional map is just one symptom of a larger problem plaguing American politics.
Beneath the surface, this technical legal spat over redistricting reveals a far more insidious dynamic at play: the ongoing struggle for power between state governments and federal authorities.
At first glance, the story appears to be little more than a partisan squabble over gerrymandering – that infamous practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to favor one party or another.