Gerrymandering
Defining legislative district boundaries in order to create an unfair advantage to one political party.
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Gerrymandering
Some judges and proponents of racially drawn congressional districts have interpreted Section 5 of the Act as requiring racial gerrymandering in order to ensure minority representation.
Gerrymandering often resulted (see gerrymander). In some states legislatures did not redistrict, despite population shifts, for as many as sixty years. This was the case until 1962 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Baker v.
 See also: State, Fourteenth amendment, Nations, Equal protection clause, Were
  
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