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Congress form the conservative justice led by chief justice john roberts, ruling that courts cannot decide when politicians have drawn congressionalor state legislative district lines to gains. partial gerrymandering claims present political questions. federal judges have no license to -- among the two major parties. the decision will leave in place any challenge maps across the country right now that means republicans have the advantage. the gop currently controls both the governorship and legislature in 22 states. democrats control just 14. when results from the 2020 census roll around, the ...

Against president trump and his administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. critics argue that this question was aimed at weakening democrats' strongholds by intimidating immigrants from being counted. and the second ruling, the justices say that federal courts must stay out of disputes over whether politicians go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain. also known as gerrymandering. we have former deputy assistant attorney general under president obama elliott williams with us in studio. and cnn supreme court reporter ariane de vogue is live from the...

Question in american politics, because, you know, what's become the routine since computer technology has made the drawing of district lines a very precise science, is that politicians in state legislatures know how to draw lines so that they can protect their districts and punish the other party. this has been going on for both political parties, but since the republican party controls more state legislatures, they stand to benefit a great deal more from this decision. so in states like ohio, florida, these states are going to be able to draw district lines that protect the republican majorit...

Split on that along conventional ideological lines as well. i'm always hesitant to assume the court will do that sort of thing. i would like to reserve judgment until i see what they actually do, but certainly the oral argument would give you some concerns on that regarding. the two cases are deeply connected, in the sense that the census every ten years triggers the reapportionment of congressional seats, and therefore the redrawing of district lines, the redistricting process. so if you imagine an environment in which for example you might suppress the count of latino americans through the i...

Discrimination. but chief justice roberts was not interested in that argument. he said when democrats, you know, draw lines to benefit democrats and republicans draw district lines to benefit republicans, that's not the court's business. the constitution has nothing to say about that. that is simply a political question, not a legal question, and we're going to stay out of it. but the bright line that chief justice roberts draws in this opinion between racial discrimination, which is illegal, and political discrimination, which is legal now, that line may not exist in the real world. >> well -...