Justices Display Divisions in New Cases on Voting Maps Warped by Politics Last year, the Supreme Court sidestepped the question of whether partisan gerrymandering ever violate the Constitution. Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Image

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court returned to the subject of partisan gerrymandering on Tuesday, appearing largely divided along ideological lines as it considered for a second time in two years whether drawing election maps to help the party in power ever violates the Constitution.

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the court’s newest member and the one who may possess the decisive vote, expressed uneasiness about the practice.

“Extreme partisan gerrymandering is a real problem for our democracy,” he said. “I’m not going to dispute that.”

View the complete March 26 article by Adam Liptak on The New York Times website here.