Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering

From The Washington Post:

A Maryland judge has thrown out the state’s congressional map, calling it an “extreme partisan gerrymander” in what is a victory for Republicans who said Democrats in the state General Assembly sought to silence their votes.

“Isn’t that a little bit like arguing because they didn’t steal $100,000, they didn’t steal $50,000?” Robert Popper, an attorney with the right-wing legal activist group Judicial Watch representing Republican plaintiffs, retorted during cross-examination.

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