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Federal epps courts say they have no role to play. >> pete, do you have more? >> reporter: just a couple points. lower courts had ruled there was partisan gerrymandering in at the time ohio and michigan, so undoubtedly it will send those cases back to the lower courts to basically perform last rites on those rulings, and take those rulings away. a couple points here, at the very end of the majority pin, the court says -- we have no commission to allocate political power influence in the absence of a constitutional directive or legal standards to guide us. the other things toward the end of the...

Pleased, but as you said, i'm still reading through the decision lou me bring in ambassador gary locke. secretary wilbur ross is in the spotlight here. sflrl to this issue of adding this question, something that has not been done for decades because of concerns over what exactly the result would be if that were to happen peter pleatrr pre, go ahead. >> reporter: this is a bit of a compromise. here's why. the majority pin written by justice roberts says here's what's going to happen now. this case goes back to the district court, which had sent it back to the merit department, in essence to say...

The judges will hold a conference, then have an initial vote to see where they are right now on the issue. the initial vote comes today? >> reporter: it's a little flexible as to when they'll do it. given their pattern they'll probably take their first initial vote this afternoon or tomorrow morning, and it will be on all the issues from all three days of oral argument. that will divide them into camps. let's just say it puts four in one camp and five in the other, then the senior justice in the camp of four will decide which of those four will write the dissenting opinion. and the senior just...