John J. Farmer, Jr., former Dean of Rutgers School of Law—Newark, University Professor Emeritus, Justice Alan B. Handler Scholar, and Eagleton Institute of Politics Affiliate, recently published an op-ed in The Hill on March 6, 2026.
In Enough Gerrymandering — The People Must Take Back Power from Two-Party Rule, Farmer responds to a brief order issued by the United States Supreme Court that denies an emergency request by California's Republican Party to block a Democratic-led redistricting plan. He connects the order to the Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, which held that partisan gerrymandering claims are not within the domain of federal courts. He argues that the Court should require states, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, to use fair and inclusive redistricting institutions to prevent partisan domination of the state instead of attempting to judge the fairness of district maps directly.
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