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Burden Breaks Down Redistricting Ruling

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

June 28, 2019

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts must stay out of cases involving partisan gerrymandering. Barry Burden, UW-Madison political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center, talks about what the decision means for Wisconsin's own partisan gerrymandering case before the court.

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