In 2004, inVieth v.Jubelirer, a plurality of the Court pointedly embraced what theBandemer Court had declined to hold, on the grounds that “no judicially discernible and manageable standards for adjudicating political gerrymandering claims have emerged” since theBandemer decision. Although siding with the plurality in…

InVieth v.Jubelirer (2004), another plurality of the Court held that political gerrymandering claims were never justiciable, because “no judicially discernible and manageable standards for adjudicating political gerrymandering claims have emerged” since theBandemer decision. In his concurring opinion inVieth, Justice Anthony Kennedy notably…