My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become.
Jeffrey ToobinEven in Madisonโs day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had tried to gerrymander Madison himself out of the First Congress. The term was coined during Madisonโs Presidency, to mock Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, who in 1811 approved an election district that was said to look like a salamander.
Jeffrey ToobinIt's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views.
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