When the Map Is the Weapon

The New York redistricting fight is a symptom of a much larger problem

On Monday night, March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly stepped into a fight over a single congressional district in New York City. With a brief order on its emergency, or “shadow,” docket, the Court blocked a lower court ruling that would have forced the state to redraw New York’s 11th Congressional District before the next election. For now, the exis…