Kagan Says She Didn’t ‘Pull Punches’ in Gerrymandering Dissent

Justice Elena Kagan said she didn’t pull any punches in her dissent to the Supreme Court’s decision to not police partisan gerrymandering, and hopes a future court might revisit the issue.

“There is no part of me that is ever going to be accepting” of last month’s ruling, she told students during a talk at Georgetown law school July 18.

The 5-4 decision split the court along ideological lines in upholding contested congressional voting maps drawn by Maryland Democrats and North Carolina Republicans. It said policing partisanship in the redistricting process is for the political branches to do, not the ...