How a retired law professor could reshape U.S. democracy

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Ok, not by himself. But Bill Whitford is the named plaintiff in one of this year’s biggest Supreme Court cases: a challenge to partisan gerrymandering. We explore how the case got started, and explain the novel concept behind his argument.