SCOTUS Rules That Gerrymandering Can't Be Stopped by Federal Judges The decision was 5-4 with the liberal wing voting against it. In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan expressed her disagreement. Justice Elena Kagan, <br />via dissent Thanks to a "red wave" in the <br />2010 Midterms, the practice has mostly helped republicans <br />since then. Gerrymandering cases from <br />North Carolina and <br />in Maryland were used in <br />the Supreme Court's decision. In North Carolina, Democrats argued that maps drawn up <br />by Republicans deliberately <br />helped the GOP. In Maryland it was the opposite, with Republicans accusing Democrats of the same thing. Redistricting occurs <br />every 10 years, meaning <br />maps will be drawn <br />up again in 2020.
