Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, just ruled that the US is not a representational democracy > In his opinion for the court, Chief

Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, just ruled that the US is not a representational democracy > In his opinion for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts explained that partisan-gerrymandering claims pose particularly difficult problems for courts because it is well settled that legislatures can consider politics when drawing district maps. The question that courts would have to decide is when the consideration of politics has gone too far and violates the Constitution. > But there’s no requirement, Roberts wrote, that a party’s representation in a congressional delegation or state legislature reflect its share of the statewide vote – a concept known as proportional representation.