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Nick: Kennedy is telling
the legal community and
the social science community, you know, "I'm interested. I'm willing to tackle
this undemocratic practice, but I need some assurance
that there's a reliable, workable test." And so at the moment fighting partisan
gerrymandering in the courts means coming up
with a standard that would be persuasive
to Justice Kennedy. Sachin: We could not
have done more to answer that call for a standard
the legal community and
the social science community, you know, "I'm interested. I'm willing to tackle
this undemocratic practice, but I need some assurance
that there's a reliable, workable test." And so at the moment fighting partisan
gerrymandering in the courts means coming up
with a standard that would be persuasive
to Justice Kennedy. Sachin: We could not
have done more to answer that call for a standard
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Nick: Kennedy is telling
the legal community
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and
the social science community,
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you know, "I'm interested.
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I'm willing to tackle
this undemocratic practice,
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but I need some assurance
that there's a reliable,
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workable test."
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And so at the moment
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fighting partisan
gerrymandering in the courts
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means coming up
with a standard
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that would be persuasive
to Justice Kennedy.
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Sachin: We could not
have done more to answer
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that call for a standard.
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Movie Summary
It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the...
