US Supreme Court Considers Key Voting Rights Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments Tuesday in a voting rights case over the constitutional requirement to make electoral districts roughly equal in population. A decision by the court could test the framework of the so-called "one person, one vote" principle that has defined political boundaries for decades. In Texas, two voters challenged the way the state draws its senate districts. Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger highlighted the difference in eligible...

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