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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Friday, October 6th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Friday, October 6th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case addressing partisan gerrymandering. The decision will have extraordinary

political ramifications. The plaintiffs are Democratic voters in Wisconsin who sued after a 2011

redistricting plan by the Republican-controlled legislature. Lawyers for the defense argued that this is a

matter for the legislative branch, not the courts. But Paul Smith, representing the plaintiffs,

argued that extreme gerrymandering threatens the core principles of American

democracy. Justice Gorsuch asked Smith if he saw any impediment to Congress fixing the problem.

Other than the fact that politicians are never going to fix gerrymandering, they like gerrymandering.

The problem in this area is if you don't do it, it's locked up. The voters of Wisconsin can't get it on the ballot without the legislature's consent.

And that's true in most of the states that don't have commissions now.

And so you have, we're here telling you, you are the only institution in the United States

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