When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court redrew the state's congressional district map,which was revealed this week, the courts got support from one man in particular: Nathaniel Persily, and a professor at Stanford Law School and a redistricting expert. As more individuals could be tapped to support redraw gerrymandered maps,Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who runs the website "All About Redistricting, or " explains why the court chose Persily,and how redistricting like this works. Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Don't believe time to listen fair now? Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher,or wherever you pick up your podcasts to take this segment with you on the go.
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This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich
Source: thetakeaway.org