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52 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/colhr52 and id is 1 raw text is: FREE AND EQUAL ELECTIONS: A NEW STATE CONSTITUTIONALISM FOR PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING Aroosa Khokher* TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................... 3 I. Partisan Gerrymandering and its Consequences ..............................4 A. Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering: From the Framers to Today...............................................................................................5 B. The Consequences of Partisan Gerrymandering.........................8 II. Lack of Availability of Federal Solutions to Partisan Gerrymandering ....................................................................................10 A. The State of Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation Pre- and Post-Rucho ........................................................................................11 B. Rucho's Implications for Reform & Redistricting......................12 C. The Necessity of Judicial Solutions to Partisan Gerrymandering ...............................................................................15 1. The Limits of Legislative Reform...........................................15 2. The Value of Bringing Challenges to Partisan Gerrymanders in Court ..............................................................18 III. Challenging Partisan Gerrymanders under States' Free Elections Clauses...................................................................................18 A. Looking to State Courts Post-Rucho ..........................................19 1. Why Bring Cases in State Court?..........................................19 * J.D. Candidate 2021, Columbia Law School; B.A. 2018, New York University. The author would like to thank Professor Richard Briffault for his guidance in writing this Note, as well as the staff of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review for their thoughtful work on this piece. She is also extremely grateful for the encouragement and input of her family and friends, and in particular thanks her parents, Shazia and Zeigham, for their unwavering support.